The hot zone
Title:
The hot zone
Author:
Preston, Richard, 1954-
ISBN:
9780385495226
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st Anchor Books ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Anchor Books, 1995.
Physical Description:
422 p. : map ; 18 cm.
General Note:
Originally published: New York : Random House, 1994.
Contents:
Shadow of Mount Elgon -- Monkey house -- Smashdown -- Kitum Cave -- Glossary -- Credits.
Abstract:
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 virus. The book tells this dramatic story, giving an account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race.
