The Hot Zone / Richard Preston.

By:

Preston, Richard, 1954- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0385479565
9780385479561
0385495226
9780385495226
9780785775973
0785775978
9781439503157
143950315X

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Science fiction.

DDC classification:

614.5/7 20

LOC classification:

RC140.5 .P74 1995b

NLM classification:

WC500 P64 1995

Other classification:

R512

Online resources:

Contents:

Shadow of Mount Elgon -- Monkey house -- Smashdown -- Kitum Cave -- Main characters -- Glossary -- Credits.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library Nursing Buliding	RC140.5 .P74 1995b (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		N1293

Originally published: New York : Random House, 1994.

Shadow of Mount Elgon -- Monkey house -- Smashdown -- Kitum Cave -- Main characters -- Glossary -- Credits.

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.

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