QUESTIONS for The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
PART ONE: “THE SHADOW OF MOUNT ELGON”
1. Charles monet was a loner who lived by himself in a little wooden cabin on the private lands of Nzoia sugar factory. He was fifty-six years old and his job was to take care of the sugar factory’s water pumping machinery.
2.Mount Elgon is a volcano located on the border Uganda and Kenya, Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano.
3.Monet gave the virus many opportunities to accumulate a new host, For example when one of his co-workers drove him to the private hospital, Black vomit on the airplane or when Monet rode a taxi to the public hospital and puked black vomit all over Dr.Musoke.
4. Dr. Shem Musoke was a doctor who tried to help Charles Monet at Nairobi Hospital. Doctor Musoke became infected when Monet showered black vomit over Dr. Musoke and the black vomit struck him in the eyes. The virus found in Dr.Musoke’s blood was known as Marburg. …show more content…
Ebola Zaire was the worst of the filovirus sisters; it killed nine out of ten people it infected.
6. Describe the information provided by “Mr. Jones” concerning the Marburg virus.
7.A veterinarian and scientist in the United States Army, Jaax works on Gene Johnson's Ebola experiment in 1983, Married to Jerry Jaax. Mother of Jamie and Jason.She tried to open a can of beans, any connection with the virus can be fatal
8. Nancy had to wear a lot of gloves and also had to get more vaccines shots than normal. She had a weak immune system. so was un eligible to work with any other level besides 4.
9. Before and after going in to a level 4 virus room they would have to take a safety shower before and after they also had to wear a spacesuit. Nancy had to persuade her husband and her boss to work with a level 4
PART ONE: “THE SHADOW OF MOUNT ELGON”
1. Charles monet was a loner who lived by himself in a little wooden cabin on the private lands of Nzoia sugar factory. He was fifty-six years old and his job was to take care of the sugar factory’s water pumping machinery.
2.Mount Elgon is a volcano located on the border Uganda and Kenya, Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano.
3.Monet gave the virus many opportunities to accumulate a new host, For example when one of his co-workers drove him to the private hospital, Black vomit on the airplane or when Monet rode a taxi to the public hospital and puked black vomit all over Dr.Musoke.
4. Dr. Shem Musoke was a doctor who tried to help Charles Monet at Nairobi Hospital. Doctor Musoke became infected when Monet showered black vomit over Dr. Musoke and the black vomit struck him in the eyes. The virus found in Dr.Musoke’s blood was known as Marburg. …show more content…
Ebola Zaire was the worst of the filovirus sisters; it killed nine out of ten people it infected.
6. Describe the information provided by “Mr. Jones” concerning the Marburg virus.
7.A veterinarian and scientist in the United States Army, Jaax works on Gene Johnson's Ebola experiment in 1983, Married to Jerry Jaax. Mother of Jamie and Jason.She tried to open a can of beans, any connection with the virus can be fatal
8. Nancy had to wear a lot of gloves and also had to get more vaccines shots than normal. She had a weak immune system. so was un eligible to work with any other level besides 4.
9. Before and after going in to a level 4 virus room they would have to take a safety shower before and after they also had to wear a spacesuit. Nancy had to persuade her husband and her boss to work with a level 4