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The second angel poured his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a dead man. The book is from the 1990s, so it is slightly dated. You must answer at least one question from each chapter. Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Imagine something so deadly that it wipes out 90 per cent of those it touches. You may answer no more than 5 questions from any one chapter. In this riveting nonfiction account, richard preston traces the emergence and spread of the deadly ebola virus. As part of your final exam project for ap biology, you will read the book and answer 60 of the questions given.
A terrifying true story is a bestselling 1994 nonfiction thriller by richard preston about the origins and incidents involving viral hemorrhagic fevers, particularly ebolaviruses and marburgviruses. First marburg outbreak in germany first recorded outbreak of the marburg virus occurs in marburg, germany. Richard preston has answered all my troubling questions by telling the scientific truth that was withheld by news coverage during the epidemic. The total time allowed for this quiz is 15 minutes. That others may live by catherine mann and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. How the hot zone got it wrong and other tales of ebolas. During the same period, there were 87 accidents nationwide with 14 of those accidents. The basis of the book was prestons 1992 new yorker article crisis in the hot zone. Hot zone book project timeline created by cameronharris. The hot zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hairraising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their crashes into the human race. The hot zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hairraising account of the appearance.
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