The Hot Zone
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A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction. less
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Jon Najarian I believe both the corona virus and ebola have a bat connection. Scary, but great book on ebola: Hot Zone by Richard Preston https://t.co/jGEjbrB7pZ (Source)
Pierre Haski @ChuBailiang The hot zone, it made my days during SARS in Beijing, a great book! https://t.co/8E8AYgIhp7 (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Hot Zone is ranked in the following categories:
- #34 in Africa
- #15 in Biology
- #4 in Biotechnology
- #26 in Documentaries
- #1 in Ebola
- #8 in Environmental Science
- #34 in Factual
- #42 in Fitness
- #2 in Forensic Medicine
- #34 in Health
- #2 in Immunology
- #75 in Journalism
- #15 in Life Sciences
- #7 in Medical
- #10 in Medicine
- #2 in Microbiology
- #3 in Neurosurgery
- #73 in Nonfiction
- #20 in Nursing
- #2 in Pandemic
- #3 in Pathology
- #52 in Popular Science
- #5 in Public
- #3 in Public Health
- #23 in Research
- #36 in STEM
- #26 in Scary
- #20 in Science
- #21 in Science and Math
- #36 in Scientific
- #77 in Sociology
- #24 in True Stories
- #31 in True Story
- #5 in Viral
- #1 in Zoology
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