The Hot Zone

The Hot Zone Questions I Need Help Please

1. About what percent of all men/women near Mount Elgon are thought to be HIV positive?

2. How has the AIDS Highway Changed?

3. Name Several of the possibilities mentioned in this section of the book, in/near KitumCave, in which Ebola may live.

4. How long do most viruses last outside of a host? How are Ebola and Marburg different and how do we know this?

5. Why are viruses thought to be emerging?

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No one knows for sure, but local doctors think that as many as 30 percent of all men and women of childbearing age who live in the vicinity of Mount Elgon are infected with
HIV. Most of them will die of AIDS. Many of their newborn children will also contract AIDS and die of the virus in childhood.
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Preston, Richard. The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (p. 380). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

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