Study Guides
The Hot Zone: Study Guide Sections
Introduction and Curriculum
The Hot Zone Study Guide part 1
The Hot Zone Study Guide part 2
The Hot Zone Study Guide part 3
The Hot Zone Study Guide part 4
WWW resources and links (.zip file)
“Dread Red” Lesson
Images
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Ebola Zaire virus particle Courtesy of Frederick A. Murphy |
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Ebola Zaire virus particle. Courtesy of Frederick A. Murphy Download: PDF (348K) |
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Maps
Location of the Reston Monkey House. It was in the Isaac Newton Square business park in Reston. (The building has since been torn down.) Download: PDF (64K) |
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Andrew Goldenkranz and Richard Preston |
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Herd of elephants inside Kitum Cave. Used with permission and courtesy of Dr. Ian Redmond.
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Kitum cave Used with permission and courtesy of Dr. Ian Redmond Download: PDF (236K) |
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Kitum cave Used with permission and courtesy of Dr. Ian Redmond. Download: PDF (424K) |
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Herd of elephants inside Kitum Cave at night, seeking salt. Used with permission and courtesy of Dr. Ian Redmond. |
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Elephant using tusks to scrape salt-filled rocks from wall of Kitum Cave. The elephants chew the rock pieces and suck the salt from them. Used with permission and courtesy of Dr. Ian Redmond. |
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Richard Preston preparing to enter Kitum Cave wearing a bioprotective suit. The black plastic tub will be filled with bleach (“Jik”) and will be used to decontaminate his gear afterwards. Photograph by Frederic D. Grant. |
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Mouth of Kitum Cave. Photograph by Richard Preston. |
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Charles Monet’s Last Door. Mr. Monet crashed and bled out in a room just behind this door. Photograph by Richard Preston. |
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Polycarp Okuku, a ranger (askari) with the Kenya Wildlife Service, at Kitum Cave. Photograph by Richard Preston. |
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Robin MacDonald, Richard Preston’s guide at Kitum Cave. Photograph by Richard Preston. |
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The Trans-Africa Highway, in Eldoret, Kenya, on the road to Kitum Cave. Photograph by Richard Preston. |