The T-Virus had its origin when another Co-founder called James Marcus combined the original DNA of a leech with the Progenitor Virus. Nonetheless, the first versions of the virus caused abominable mutations in human beings. If the host is alive when it’s exposed to the virus, all the effects are applied continuing with the excruciating pain that comes with it, giving the host, rage, hunger, and aggressiveness. If the host is dead when exposed to the virus, the virus will only produce enough energy to activate the most basic needs of the brain, the most primitive… the need to feed. In any case, the appearance of the host and its behavior will be the same, the transformation into
Maxim Lazarev Ms. Shipp English 12, B5 13 January 2015 Logical Appeals Overpower the Feels Richard Preston used his work, Hot Zone, as a medium to appeal to an audience by using logic and reason through the facts and information he presents in the novel. Logos is what was primarily used in this nonfiction piece of literature. In the first part of the novel Preston talks about how deadly Ebola really is. He gives many anecdotes from people who have studied the virus and its effects. One of them was Gene Johnson, who was mentioned in this quote: “All of Gene Johnson’s infected monkeys died no matter what drugs they were given.
One day a monkey died, his name was “O53”. He opened the monkey to take a looks at its spleen. It was big, hard, and dry. He also swabbed the monkey’s throat for a mucus sample. He decided that the best thing to do was to bring it to the attention of USAMRIID at Fort
2. When the infected mosquitoes bite people, they can pass the virus onto humans. The virus is spread throughout majority of the globe putting all at risk of acquiring the disease. You may be wondering what the symptoms are and what the virus can do once it gets inside your
In the book it never said that the disease started from a monkey like it did in the movie. It just said that it came from Kitum Cave. In the book they talk about wearing orange jumpsuits that they found in the cave. But in the movie they put on blue suits in the testing lab and when they go out in public to help the people they wear yellow suits. In the book Nancy cuts her hand on a knife and blood from a monkey got on her glove and she got scared.
Rodents played a large roll in spreading Bubonic plague. Plague occurs in arias with a lot of burrowing rodents. During the renaissance rats were probably big problems. Any rat living in someone’s home or running down the street could be infected. Rodents also act as long term preservers for plague.
1919-The year of Savage Peace The year 1818 was the year of ‘savage peace’ even though the world thought that the United States was a peaceful and prosperous nation. There were many reasons it was considered ‘savage’. People were fearful of communism. Terrorists’ bombs were exploding on the doorstep of the U S Attorney Generals Office, J. Edgar Hoover had just established the ‘FBI’ which was initially used to spy on suspicious people, and the League of Nations failed among other things that went wrong. One problem that caught my eye was the Spanish Flu pandemic that killed so many during that time.
Fire Ants Invasive Species according to Delach 2011, are “plants, animals or other organisms that are introduced to a given area outside of their original range and cause harm in their new home.” Since they were brought into this new environment, they have no natural enemies to slow down and limit their reproduction, causing the species to spread uncontrollably. According to Delach 2011, Invasive Species are recognized as one of the leading threats to biodiversity and impose enormous cost to agriculture, forestry, fisheries and other human enterprises as well as human health. The Fire Ant is an invasive species that south America accidently introduced to Alabama in 1929 via a cargo ship that was carrying used soil as ballast (FireAnt.net 2005). According to University of Arkansas division of agriculture 2006, “red fire ants can have a positive and a negative impact on the environment and the life in it.” Of course, in the public’s opinion, fire ants are a big pain in the butt and “can only be considered negative” (University of Arkansas division of agriculture, 2006). Environmentally, a positive impact is “as generalist feeders, they can have more than one food source and other insects are their prey (University of Arkansas division of agriculture, 2006).
Bach Dang Mosaics II 2/5/2013 Blog 2 “Vaccination against smallpox” is a book written by Edward Jenner which describes the progress of vaccination to eradicate smallpox. From the first several pages of his book, Edward presents about the signs of the disease and the way he takes advantage of cowpox to weaken smallpox. On page 14, the author clearly depicts the symptoms and how they transfer from animals to humans who interact with them. In the history, Smallpox was introduced to Europe between the fifth and seventh centuries and was frequently epidemic during the period of Middle Ages. The disease had greatly affected the development of the Western civilization.
"Cancer, he insisted, was a total disease - an illness that gripped patients not just physically but psychically, socially, and emotionally. Only a multipronged, multidisciplinary attack would stand any chance of battling this disease" ((Mukherjee, p 125) This quote sums up how cancer affects the lives of people who live with it. The one thing that bothers me is when are we going to be technologically advanced enough to cure this disease? It is estimated that 1,596,670 men and women (822,300 men and 774,370 women) will be diagnosed with and 571,950 men and women will die of cancer of all sites in 2011 (Cancer of All Sites - SEER Stat Fact Sheets"). Still today there is no cure for this disease.