Reston

Jahrling Peter Jahrling has an important responsibility at the Fort Detrick meeting. As a virologist, he is in charge of studying viruses and finding a way to treat them, but specifically tries to identify the virus that is executing the monkeys in Reston. Dan Dalgard, the veterinarian, has the duty of taking care of the monkeys. He notices something is wrong with the monkeys; their spleens were enlarged. After much examination and dissection, he sends the distended spleens to Peter. Peter…

America seems like it has been susceptible to many curious and deadly diseases throughout the years. GRID, or gay-related immune deficiency, was first introduced in 1982 when doctors saw immune systems of gay males falter. This is better known as AIDS now. Mad Cow Disease (BSE) caused pandemonium across the globe in 1986. Causing fatal brain damage was scary to most, but the United States did not record a case until the early 2000s (“Mad Cow,” 2015). Next came the swine flu, or H1N1. This…

Stoughton Police Sgt. James Sander died early Tuesday morning while responding to a train derailment and chemical spill scene two miles north of Stoughton. The train derailment occurred late Monday night just after the intersection with County Highway DD, about 15 miles outside of Madison. Eight tankers carrying a harmful chemical tipped over and some began leaking. The cause of the derailment remains unknown. Fourteen tankers are carrying the chemical anhydrous ammonia, which is extremely…

locations are equipped with an extremity MRI that focuses on smaller joints like elbows, hands, wrists, feet, ankles and toes. All four locations are also fully equipped with a whole body MRI. • American College of Radiology (ACR) – Headquartered in Reston, VA., ACR is responsible for the accreditation of facilities for achievements of high practice standards. The awards are offered based on the results of a peer-review evaluation of the practice conducted by expert medical physicists and board…

satellite telecommunications company based in Reston, Virginia that provided satellite communications. The company provided a fully integrated and satellite-terrestrial mobile network. The company network leveraged TerreStar’s S band mobile satellite service (MSS) spectrum to provide voice, data and video services to government officials, emergency first responders and consumers in rural communities. The company was founded in 2002 and was based in Reston,…

John Doe is a previously homeless, sixty-year-old separated male from Reston, Virginia. The client is half Japanese from his mother’s side and Russian and Scottish from his father’s side. The client views himself as “biracial” and American cultural. His father and mother met and married in Japan when his father was stationed on a military base. When John was young, he lived with his mother after his parent's divorce and his father was no longer in his life. The client does not identify with…

change management tickets, notifying customers of the change events. • Collaborated with approval group for Cell Tower turn up acceptance. EXPERIENCE (A3) Company Name Sprint/Nextel (B3) Title Technical Support Engineer I (C3) Location Reston, VA – IP Services/Managed Network Services (D3) Time Period (Start Date – End…

EBOLA VIRUS According to a CDC article on 10/03/2014, Ebola was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, outbreaks have appeared in Africa and even reached other continents such as Europe and America. Ebola, previously known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a rare and deadly disease caused by infection with one of the Ebola virus strains. The virus can cause disease in humans and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, gorillas and…

And the fifth one being Reston virus (Reston ebolavirus) which has caused disease in nonhuman primates. Experts are bracing for the next deadly epidemics which could include measles and malaria, the longer the Ebola epidemic goes on, the more likely it is for progress to slide backwards…

team enters the building, killing hundreds of monkeys, and collecting blood and tissue samples for further study. Although there are close calls while attempting to kill to monkeys, the team succeeds. The Ebola from the monkeys is revealed as Ebola Reston, which is deadly to monkeys but not humans. Towards the end of the book, Preston visits the Kitum Cave in Kenya that was visited by two victims of the Marburg virus before developing symptoms. It is revealed that Richard Preston decides to…