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理论上,少量动物死亡是很常见的。令人不安的是,不到一个月,又有29只猴子死亡。随着猴子死亡相继增加,科研人员渐渐逼近真相:猴子感染了一种未知的病毒。在大量研究下,他们认为这是埃博拉病毒。美军出动将大楼封锁,所有动物处死。幸运的是,在目前已知的五种埃博拉病毒中,这种雷斯顿型亚型只感染灵长类动物,让人类逃过一劫。
1994年,美国作家理查德.普雷斯顿基于这一史料,采访大量亲历者后出版非虚构作品。此书甫一出版,迅速占据《纽约时报》畅销书榜单达61周之久,20多年来,《血疫》被翻译成30多种语言,销售300多万册,已成为有关埃博拉病毒有影响力的非虚构经典之作。
普雷斯顿因此获得了美国疾病控制与预防中心颁发的防疫斗士奖,他也是有史以来以非医师身分获奖的得主。
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مشاهده همهI'm not sure what it is about potentially world-ending diseases, but please, people - keep writing books about them.'The Hot Zone' is just as captivating as Preston's 'The Demon in the Freezer,' which concerns smallpox and anthrax. I listened to the audiobook and never wanted to stop listening. I learned so much, and Ebola is such a fascinating virus. It *dissolves* you WHILE YOU'RE STILL ALIVE. Amazing. Every time I read books like this, I'm sad that I wasn't better in the STEM fields because I think the complexities of viruses and disease are incredible and wish I had the smarts to study them. 5 stars all around. At this point, I'm setting out to read everything Preston has written.