by Preston Richard · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782266069380
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«Virus» is Richard Preston's nonfiction chronicle of lethal viruses, published by Pocket in 1997 in paperback.
It reconstructs the emergence of a lethal, highly contagious virus from the Central African jungle and its arrival in Washington, D.C. With no cure, it kills 90% of those infected, while a military team of scientists and soldiers tries to contain it. Written with documentary tension, it examines exotic viruses such as Ebola and their threat to humanity.
It is the French translation of «The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus», originally published in 1994. Winner of the Evergreen Teen Book Award in 1998.
For readers of scientific nonfiction and medical suspense chronicles, interested in the history of Ebola and epidemiology.
Preston Richard is a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It includes the village of Endmoor, and the hamlets of Crooklands, Birkrigg Park, Milton, Low Park, and Summerlands.
