Now a miniseries drama starring julianna margulies, topher. A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central african rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of washington, d. The hot zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hairraising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their crashes into the human race. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 352 pages and is available in paperback format. The basis of the book was prestons 1992 new yorker article crisis in the hot zone. Twentynine of a shipment of one hundred died within a.
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