... Richard Preston's The Hot Zone, this type of characterization is displayed. In the character of Nancy Jaax, readers experience her struggle with the Ebola virus and its handling as well as her interference of work with family life. Nancy has a maid to come in and take care of her ... reader is not in this type of situation, cases like this have been exploited through media so well that everyone either has experienced it or known someone who has. Characterization such as this is why The Hot Zone was a best seller. Characterization is also mastered in Robin Cook's Outbreak. Marisa, the .....

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... a fatality rate of about 90% in the most common strain, Ebola-Zaire. Three of the four strains of this virus affect humans: Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan and Ebola Cate d'Ivoire. The fourth strain, Ebola-Reston infects humans but does ... in underdeveloped countries. Another means of infection is through the handling of ill or dead chimpanzees that were infected with the virus. The incubation period for this disease is approximately a week after which the infected person suffers from flu like symptoms: ... the disease. Recently Congo received a grant of 500,000 dollars to help finance the ...

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