The demon in the freezer is 2002 a non-fiction book on the biological weapon agents. It was also about smallpox and anthrax it shows how the government takes actions on these diseases. They also where trying to decide wether remains samples should be destroyed. The anthrax came in the mail in a envelope. This book was written by Richard Preston. This book talks about the anthrax territory’s attacks after 9/11.Peter jarhling . His number one priority was to make a drug that will cure smallpox.Smallpox
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The Hot Zone Summary | Part 1‚ Chapter 1 Something in the Forest Summary Chapter one introduces the reader to Charles Monet. He is a French expatriate working on a sugar plantation in western Kenya. The story begins on New Year’s Day‚ 1980‚ when Charles and a woman take an overnight trip to Mount Elgon‚ a formerly active volcano. During their trip‚ they visit Kitum Cave. After returning to his quiet life‚ Monet becomes ill. The reader knows that he is experiencing a catastrophic illness‚ but Charles
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the smallpox vaccination. In conjunction‚ inventory of the vaccine was decreased to save money. The virus was locked up in two labs‚ one in the United States and one in Russia. However‚ some feel the smallpox virus exists elsewhere. Dr. Peter Jahrling and a team of scientists at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Maryland became concerned terrorists had access to the smallpox virus and planed to alter the strain to become more resistant. These doctors conducted
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The Hot Zone The Hot Zone is a best-selling 1994 non-fiction bio-thriller by Richard Preston about the origins and incidents involving viral hemorrhagic fevers‚ particularly Ebola viruses and Marburg viruses. This book is based upon an outbreak of the Ebola virus in a monkey house located in the Washington‚ D.C. suburb of Reston‚ Virginia. The author weaves together the tales of several previous outbreaks in Africa to describe clearly the potential damage such an outbreak could cause. The first
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getting irritated. Williams gets moved to drawing blood‚ she almost gets bit when another soldier injects it with more of the sedative. Peter Jahrling works long hours in his office. he works to try and close in on the virus and how it spreads. if he and his partner‚ Geisbert‚ close in on the virus before any other person‚ they have the honor to name it. Jahrling tests their blood regularly ever since they smelled a virus filled flask. Luckily none of the test pieces have glowed under ultraviolet light
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STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS for “The Hot Zone” by Richard Preston Please indicate the page number(s) where you find the answers for each question. Reading Section I: pages 1-94 PART I: “THE SHADOW OF MOUNT ELGON” Something in the Forest 1. Describe the life of Charles Monet. What were his “hobbies”? 2. Where is Mount Elgon? Describe the surrounding environment. 3. How may Charles Monet have been exposed to a level 4 virus? 4. Describe the symptoms experienced
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The Demon in the Freezer By Richard Preston I. The Other Side of the Moon 1. Peter Jahrling wanted to work with the smallpox virus because he wanted to be in efforts to create a national stockpile. He could not believe that the vaccine was not enough for a bioterror attack on the United States. He wanted to find a cure for the disease. 2. In April‚ the Institute of Medicine issued a report saying that if the world wanted to have a new vaccine or an antiviral drug for smallpox then
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Business Research Process Geno Jahrling RES/351 September 16‚ 2013 Dr. Edward Sarkis Balian Businesses research problems to identify issues that need repair‚ or improvement. Sometimes a problem is already identified and a company conducts research to make repairs; Unknown issues also can be identified through business research. The research process provides a summation of information gathered from descriptive reports‚ and explanations. With a deeper understanding‚ issues
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The Hot Zone In the book the Hot Zone‚ by Richard Preston‚ the first few pages are introducing the reader into the world of contagious hot agents by going through the biosaftey procedures to access level 4. In part one‚ Charles Monet a fifty-six year old Frenchman living in western Kenya on the lands of the Nzoia Sugar Factory is introduced‚ but as his story continues he finds himself greatly ill by some unknown virus. It began shortly after a visit with a friend to Kitum Cave. Of course
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Virus Outbreaks Everyone is always fearful when they hear about an infectious virus outbreak. For example‚ the Bubonic Plague and Ebola‚ created a frantic scare all around the world. The author‚ Richard Preston‚ depicts and describes the many different filovirus outbreaks that were exposed‚ taking over the human race throughout the entire book. The novel illustrates how the virus outbreaks had its outbursts‚ rapidly demolishing and destroying the human population gradually as there is no known cure
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