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Marburg Virus In The Hot Zone

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In the beginning of The Hot Zone By Richard Preston, readers are introduced to the appearance of a virus similar to Ebola that strikes in western Kenya during 1980 and eventually costs the life of Charles Monet, a Frenchman living by himself. When Monet and his friend travel to the Kitum Cave, he returns to his home and becomes ill on the seventh day. The author then describes Monet’s symptoms and illness in graphic details, providing a sense of terror for the readers. When a doctor named Shem Musoke treats Monet in the Nairobi Hospital, he develops the symptoms of the virus himself. Due to the fact Musoke feels particularly unwell after treating Monet, he is then opened up during an exploratory surgery and his liver appears to be red and …show more content…

Although after about ten days, Musoke manages to survive his encounter with the hot agent. Musoke’s blood samples are then sent to laboratories where they find he is tested positive for the Marburg virus. Marburg virus is one of a family of viruses known as the filoviruses in which all the filoviruses look alike and they resemble no other virus on earth. The family of filoviruses comprise of Marburg along with two types of a virus called Ebola. The Marburg virus is known to be the most gentle out of these three; it affects humans by damaging all of the tissues in their bodies. In addition, the doctors notice that the Marburg agent has a strange effect on the brain. The patients are often found to be slightly aggressive, sullen or having negativistic behavior. After the effects of the Marburg virus is thoroughly studied, the Nairobi Hospital is shut down for a week. Today this particular strain of the Marburg virus is known as the Musoke strain. Some of it is now contained in glass vials in the freezers owned by the United States Army where it is kept immortal with other hot agents. The readers are then introduced to the Ebola Sudan case in which Mr.

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