The Hot Zone
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The Hot Zone is a nonfiction thriller by Richard Preston that chronicles the origins and terrifying outbreaks of deadly filoviruses like Ebola and Marburg.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Hot Zone canonical | 7 |
| The Hot Zone (2019 TV series) | 1 |
| The Hot Zone (television adaptation work) | 1 |
| The Hot Zone (unproduced adaptation inspiration) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medical thriller
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nonfiction book ⓘ popular science book ⓘ |
| author | Richard Preston ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| coversLocation |
Germany
ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ Reston ⓘ
surface form:
Reston, Virginia
Washington, D.C. ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
surface form:
Zaire
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| describedAs |
nonfiction thriller
ⓘ
terrifying account of deadly viruses ⓘ |
| explores |
biosafety level 4 laboratories
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global health risks ⓘ zoonotic transmission of viruses ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ⓘ
Fort Detrick ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
|
| genre |
nonfiction
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thriller ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Hot Zone
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Hot Zone (2019 TV series)
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| hasISBN | 9780385479561 ⓘ |
| hasRelatedWork | Crisis in the Red Zone ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Demon in the Freezer ⓘ |
| influenced | public perception of Ebola ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative nonfiction ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableEventDescribed |
1967 Marburg virus outbreak
ⓘ
1976 Ebola outbreaks in Africa ⓘ Reston ebolavirus ⓘ
surface form:
Reston Ebola outbreak
|
| notableFor | bringing Ebola to popular attention in the 1990s ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Hot Zone self-link ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 300 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1994 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Anchor Books
ⓘ
Random House ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| subject |
Ebolavirus
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surface form:
Ebola virus
Marburg virus ⓘ biosafety ⓘ emerging infectious diseases ⓘ epidemics ⓘ filoviruses ⓘ viral hemorrhagic fever ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| timeOfNarrative | 1960s to 1990s ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Richard Preston ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Hot Zone (2019 TV series)
this entity surface form:
The Hot Zone (television adaptation work)