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Who is David Silverstein? 10. What virus was found in Dr. Musoke’s blood? Describe the virus and it’s origin. 11. What is a filovirus? 12. Which is the worst of the filovirus “sisters”? What is the kill rate in humans? 13. Describe the information provided by “Mr. Jones” concerning the Marburg virus. 14. What is one general theory for the origin of AIDS? 15. What was the outcome for Dr. Musoke? A Woman and A Soldier 16. Who is Nancy Jaax?…

the program to know if certain goals were met. The program is measured by each individual school and they evaluate the different components that should have been addressed throughout the school year to see if the process or outcomes were effective (Reston, 2013). Schools that have been successful…

Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) in Africa. Africa became one of the first areas where Ebola occurred. Four strains of the Ebola Virus recognized as diseases in humans were Ebola- Zaire, Ebola- Sudan, Ebola- Ivory Coast, and Ebola- Reston. “The fourth, Ebola- Reston, has caused disease in nonhuman’s primates, but not in humans “(J. Parker and P. Parker 2003). Paul Farmer says “Ebola is more a symptom of a weak healthcare system than anything else “(Renwick 2014). In some ways,…

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…

suit; a neutral-pressure bodysuit with an attached hood and respirator, along with gloves and boots. He seals the suit with sticky tape then enters the cave. A few day after exploring Kitum Cave Preston makes his way to the abandoned monkey house in Reston, Virginia. Other than creeping vines and some cobwebs, the building showed no signs of…

Ebola. Of the five strains four are known to cause disease in humans: Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus); Sudan virus (Sudan ebolavirus); Tai Forest virus (Tai Forest ebolavirus); and Budibugyo virus (Bundibugyo ebolavirus). The last known strain, Reston virus (Reston ebolavirus), typically causes harm to primates other than humans. As of now…

Ebola – a pathogen from our worst nightmares was once just the name of a river in northern Zaire, Africa. How did the name of a river give rise to a virus with such a horrifying connotation? The recent Ebola outbreak occurring in West Africa is on high alert across the world. The Ebola virus is lives in animals such as the fruit bat, but has the tendency to make the jump to humans. When this jump does occur, the virus is deadly and kills the majority of those infected. Because the virus is…

themselves. Firstly starvation is the tool used by most of the girls because unfortunately they think it is the right way they will lose weight; for example, Brazilian model, Ana Carolina Reston, 21, died from a generalized infection caused by anorexia. She weighed only 88 pounds. At the time of her death Reston weighed only 40 Kgs, measured 172 cm, and had been hospitalized for kidney…

Richard Preston’s The Hot Zone, the plot follows path of Ebola as it makes its way into the human race for the first time. From the beginning, with a man called Charles Monet, for our purposes, in 1980, to a young Danish boy in ‘87, to an outbreak in Reston, Virginia in 1989, Ebola virus has evaded understanding. But Preston traces its lifespan with a fine-tooth comb, carefully documenting every known occasion in which the scientific community learned more about the elusive virus. With a…

Case Description The Merrifield Commercial Realization Area (CRA) projected started on April 2009, which it is known as The Mosaic District as well. Because this project, the first Community Development Authority (CDA) was created, and it made sure that the CRA’s principles provided a coordinated approach to address the needs and opportunities of a changing development environment, while ensuring that public dollars are contributed only when essential to realize revitalization. Also, the CDA…