The three viruses in the book were the Ebola Zaire virus, Marburg virus, and the Ebola Reston. The author, Richard Preston, did a great job describing what the virus did to people and how it progressed. ... The Ebola Reston is the virus that shows up throughout the whole book. ... I have learned that there are many dangers of a filovirus, or a family of viruses that comprises only Ebola and Marburg. ... These viruses are very dangerous and can kill you within a week if you were exposed to it and have the ability to quickly spread around the world if an infected person traveled as described...

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