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The Hot Zone Book about a true story that took place in the late 1980's, is based upon an outbreak of the Ebola virus in a monkey house located in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Reston, Virginia.
Charles Monet The first appearance of an Ebola-like virus takes place in Kenya and costs the life of a French expatriate named ______________
Chapter One begins with this fact. 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.
What is the name of the doctor in chapter two who got infected by the dying Charles Monet? Dr. Shem Musoke, a young, well-liked doctor.
How did Charles Monet infect doctor Musoke? By vomiting blood into his eyes and mouth.
In chapter three what did Dr. Musoke test positive for? Dr. Musoke's blood tested positive for Marburg, a virus about which little is known. It was named after a town in Germany where, in 1967, citizens contracted the virus from monkeys transported from Uganda to a local laboratory.
This is a ________, or has tendrils like hair or worms that tangle together. Filovirus
Nancy Jaax and husband Jerry Jaax. She and her husband both serve in the Veterinary Corps of the U.S. Army at Fort Detrick in the nearby town of Frederick. She is a petite, determined woman who oversees their family of two children, a parrot, a python, and two dogs.
What are symptoms of the Ebola virus? Headache, bloody noses and red eyes, and their faces are expressionless masks caused by the destruction of connective tissue beneath the skin.
Who was the first "index" case of Ebola? A storekeeper in a cotton factory in southern Sudan. He is known at Mr. Yu. G., and is considered the "index" case. A few days later two of his coworkers die, but not before at least one spreads the agent by touching and sexual contact
What is the name of the boy who died of Marburg virus? Peter Cardinal, died at Nairobi Hospital in Kenya of what Johnson identifies as a new strain of the Marburg virus. Johnson discovers that the boy had recently visited the Kitum Cave.
What is the name of the cave that both Peter Cardinal and Charles Monet visited? Kitum Cave
How many insects and animals did Eugene Johnson collect during their research at Kitum cave? They collected between 30,000 and 70,000 biting insects, trapped and dissected hundreds of small animals, and eventually killed and studied all the monkeys
What type of monkeys were being shipped to the Reston Primate Quarantine Unit? Macaque monkeys from the Philippines
What are one of the favorite foods of the Macague monkeys? They crave crabs and are called "crab eating monkeys"
Simian hemorrhagic fever is it fatal to humans? False. Simian hemorrhagic fever, which is fatal to monkeys but harmless to humans.
What was the name of the intern and his boss that sniffed the contaminated test tube? On November 17, an intern at USAMRIID named Thomas Geisbert and Jahrling think that some bacteria must have contaminated the samples, and they sniff the test tubes to try to detect a bacterial odor.
Who has a father that dies of cancer? Nancy Jaax
Whose brother was murdered? Jerry Jaax
How many monkeys did the Army have to kill so that the Ebola virus did not spread outside of the Reston Primate center or Monkey house? 450 had to be killed by lethal injection.
Who is the author of the book The Hot Zone? Richard Preston
What is the kill rate in humans infected with Ebola Zaire? The kill rate in humans infected with Ebola Zaire is nine out of ten.
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