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.

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instanceOf medical thriller
nonfiction book
popular science book
author Richard Preston
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coversLocation Germany
Kenya
Reston
surface form: Reston, Virginia

Washington, D.C.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
surface form: Zaire
describedAs nonfiction thriller
terrifying account of deadly viruses
explores biosafety level 4 laboratories
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
thriller
hasAdaptation The Hot Zone self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Hot Zone (2019 TV series)
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
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

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Topher Grace notableWork The Hot Zone
Lynda Obst notableWork The Hot Zone
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The Hot Zone hasAdaptation The Hot Zone self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Hot Zone (2019 TV series)
The Hot Zone originalTitle The Hot Zone self-link
Liam Cunningham notableWork The Hot Zone
David W. Zucker notableWork The Hot Zone
James V. Hart notableWork The Hot Zone
this entity surface form: The Hot Zone (television adaptation work)
Outbreak basedOn The Hot Zone
this entity surface form: The Hot Zone (unproduced adaptation inspiration)