reaction to the hot zone?

[Jon Inazaki]

First off: I'm not in the biz. I'm an ad guy that just has a morbid taste
in reading material

Secondly: Apologies if this is a rehash question, again, i'm not in the
biz so have not taken to checking this group out until now.

Okay, here goes:

I just finished reading the book "The Hot Zone"*, which is about the ebola
reston monkey house situation. It also gives some background info on
marburg and the ebola sisters: zaire and sudan. I am interested in what
the reaction to it is within the field. How sensationalized is the book?
How possible is it that ebola reston can mutate to a form that is
contagious to humans?


thanx in advance for your joint and several insight, or for your restraint
at hurling virtual monkey dung at me for asking rehash questions.

jon the art director.

*The Hot Zone by Richard Preston, Random House.