Her husband, Jerry Jaax, also works in the Army's Veterinary Corps, and he is uncomfortable with his wife's being at such a high risk of exposure to deadly agents at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Jaax is a mother and an Army veterinarian who works with the most lethal viruses and other dangerous agents in full-body "space suits" within laboratories known as "Hot Zones." Nancy Jaax struggles to keep a balance between her job and her family life, but the job usually takes priority. Army personnel who is called upon when the Reston outbreak occurs is Major Nancy Jaax. Throughout the first half of the book, several outbreaks and deaths are described. Hospital personnel treating Monet become ill as well, demonstrating the extreme danger of exposure to this disease. His bloody, painful death is re-told in graphic and terrifying terms. The first appearance of an Ebola-like virus takes place in Kenya and costs the life of a French expatriate named Charles Monet. The author weaves together the tales of several previous outbreaks in Africa to describe clearly the potential damage such an outbreak could cause. The Hot Zone, a true story that took place in the late 1980's, is based upon an outbreak of the Ebola virus in a monkey house located in the Washington, D.C.
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