![]() ![]() ![]() Shem Musoke, miraculously enough, begins to get better, and no one else falls ill. Also like AIDS, it generally only passes through “direct contact with blood and bodily fluids.”ĭr. Like AIDS, Marburg is passed to humans by monkeys. These viruses attack every organ in the body, causing both massive bleeding and deadly blood clots. It is part of a family called filoviruses, which also includes two deadly diseases called Ebola Sudan (which kills 50% of its victims) and Ebola Zaire (which claims 90%). Marburg, Richard Preston, the author, tells us, kills one in four of its victims-an immense percentage. They send him back a diagnosis: Marburg virus, which first broke out in Germany in 1967 after factory workers were exposed to infected monkeys. David Silverstein, sends a sample of his blood to a lab in South Africa and the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia. All of his internal organs begin to fail, and his blood refuses to clot. ![]() Monet dies a short time later, and soon afterward, Dr. On the plane he continues vomiting, and when he reaches the hospital, he begins to hemorrhage, getting blood and vomit all over a physician named Dr. A week later he becomes ill with a fever and vomiting, and he grows so ill that he must be flown to Nairobi Hospital. In January 1980 he decides to explore Kitum Cave, a natural landmark located on a peak called Mount Elgon. The Hot Zone opens with the story of Charles Monet, a Frenchman who lives in Western Kenya. ![]()
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