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Monster Essays - The Hot Zone
The Hot Zone
In October of l989, Macaque monkeys, housed at the Reston
Primate Quarantine Unit in Reston, Virginia, began dying from a
mysterious disease at an alarming rate. The monkeys, imported from the
Philippines, were to be sold as laboratory animals. Twenty-nine of a
shipment of one hundred died within a month. Dan Dalgard, the
veterinarian who cared for the monkeys, feared they were dying from
Simian Hemorrhagic Fever, a disease lethal to monkeys but harmless to
humans. Dr. Dalgard decided to enlist the aid of the United States
Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) to
help diagno....
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