us into the heart of Usamriid‚ the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick‚ Maryland‚ once the headquarters of the U.S. biological weapons program and now the epicenter of national biodefense. Peter Jahrling‚ the top scientist at Usamriid‚ a wry virologist who cut his teeth on Ebola‚ one of the world’s most lethal emerging viruses‚ has ORCON security clearance that gives him access to top secret information on bioweapons. His most urgent priority is
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The Hot Zone Reading Guide PART ONE: THE SHADOW OF MOUNT ELGON Something in the forest: 1. Describe three ways the Kinshasa Highways quickened the spread of the HIV virus. a. Drivers were the carriers of this disease and spread it when they traveled from town to town b. Prostitues and truck stops c. Drivers often enter different towns 2. In what ways can a deadly virus be spread to humanity? AIrborne‚ in water‚ direct contact‚ through blood. Jumper: 3. Monet has "crashed" and
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threat impact the hospital‚” will determine the prognosis of the risk. The hospital administration and board make thorough decisions to manage the risk with a number of precautions to protect the thousands of people on the facilities grounds (Franz‚ Jahrling‚ Friedlander‚ McClain‚ Hoover and Bryne‚
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Pre AP Biology STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS for “The Hot Zone” by Richard Preston You may write on these sheets but if you are concerned about the legibility of your handwriting type up each question followed by your answers/reading notes. Note: Please work independently. This is one of my main request for the year. You will learn more if you do your own work. Reading Section I: PART I: “THE SHADOW OF MOUNT ELGON” Something in the Forest 1. Describe the life of Charles Monet. What were his “hobbies”
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Introduction The Demon in the Freezer is a 2002 non-fiction book on the biological weapon agents smallpox and anthrax and how the American government develops defensive measures against them. It was written by journalist Richard Preston‚ also author of the best-selling book The Hot Zone (1994)‚ about outbreaks of Ebola virus in Africa and Reston‚ Virginia and the US government’s response to them. The book is primarily an account of the Smallpox Eradication Program (1967–80)‚ the ongoing perception
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1. INTRODUCTION A. HISTORY OF VIRUS 1. AFRICA‚ ZAIRE 2. 1970 B. SYMPTOMS AND AFFECTS 1. BLEEDING‚ HEMORRHAGING 2. DEATH W/IN 20 DAYS C. CURES 1. NONE KNOWN D. INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS 2. HISTORY OF VIRUS A. WHERE IT STARTED 1. SCIENTISTS B. HOW IT IS SPREAD 1. NON AIRBORNE 2. BODILY CONTACT C. WHERE IT EXISTS TODAY 3. SYMPTOMS AND EFFECTS A. SEVERE FEVER‚ ABDOMINAL PAIN 1. INSIDES "MELT" B. DEATH RATES
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Within Richard Preston’s‚ The Hot Zone‚ the very real threats posed by the deadly viruses of Marburg and Ebola Reston is brought to attention through the “terrifying true story”. In the first chapter‚ Charles Monet is introduced as a man with a little too much free time and works at the pump house at the sugar factory within near the base of Mt. Elgon. One day in 1980‚ he takes a female friend to Kitum Cave‚ and it is believed that this is the day he caught the Marburg virus. The first symptoms include
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H (1999) [Democratic Republic of the Congo: between civil war and the Marburg virus. International Committee of Technical and Scientific Coordination of the Durba Epidemic]. Med Trop (Mars) 59: 201–204. Pinzon JE‚ Wilson JM‚ Tucker CJ‚ Arthur R‚ Jahrling PB‚ et al. (2004) Trigger events: enviroclimatic coupling of Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreaks. Am J Trop Med Hyg 71: 664–674. 4. Jezek Z‚ Szczeniowski MY‚ Muyembe-Tamfum JJ‚ McCormick JB‚ Heymann DL (1999) Ebola between outbreaks: intensified Ebola
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gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/Fact_Sheets/Ebola_Fact_Booklet.pdf [5] Jones‚ S. M.‚ H. Feldmann‚ U. Stroher‚ J. B. Geisbert‚ L. Fernando‚ A. Grolla‚ H. D. Klenk‚ N. J. Sullivan‚ V. E. Volchkov‚ E. A. Fritz‚ K. M. Daddario‚ L. E. Hensley‚ P. B. Jahrling‚ and T. W. Geisbert. 2005. Live attenuated recombinant vaccine protects nonhuman primates against Ebola and Marburg viruses. Nat. Med. 11:786–790. [6]: “Viruses & gene therapy”. Virology. MicrobiologyBytes. 2004. Retrieved 2010-12-08 http://www.microbiologybytes
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| U IT UN T GU DE | GUI E Case Studie in Occ es cupat tiona al Safe nd E ronm Health‚ S ety an Envir ment OHS SE211 1 Introduction ............................................................................. 13 Hazards‚ Risks and Controls ................................................. 15 Case Study 1: A Safety Problem: Anthrax ........................... 21 Case Study 2: A Health Problem: Lead In Petrol ................. 33 Case Study 3: An Environmental Problem: Love Canal ........
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