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Level 4: Virus Hunters of the CDC: Tracking Ebola and the World?s Deadliest Viruses
Level 4 Virus Hunters of the CDC Tracking Ebola and the Worlds Deadliest Viruses Author:Joseph McCormick M.D., Susan Fisher-Hoch M.D., Leslie Alan Horvitz "Level 4 is the highest degree of laboratory containment for isolation and experimentation on microbiological organisms. Level-4 organisms produce lethal illnesses in humans and, for the most part, have no treatment and no prevention. Among the most infamous are Ebola and Lassa." ?from Level 4 Virus Hunters of the CDC — — With the recent outbrea... more »ks of Ebola, and its arrival on American shores, more and more people have become aware?and frightened?of this lethal virus. Husband-and-wife team Dr. Joseph B. McCormick and Dr. Susan Fisher-Hoch journey through equatorial Africa, Brazil's ghettos and rainforests, and settlements in northern Pakistan in search of those already infected by these killers. Filled with scientific knowledge, Level 4 explains how and why these viruses are so deadly and how we can prevent further devastating epidemics from breaking out.« less