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The Demon in the Freezer: The Terrifying Truth About the Threat from Bioterrorism.

The Demon in the Freezer: The Terrifying Truth About the Threat from Bioterrorism.

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The Demon in the Freezer: The Terrifying Truth About the Threat from Bioterrorism.

by Preston, Richard (editor)

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9780755312184
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London: Headline, 2002. 310pp, index, glosssary. Trade paperback. Minor edge wear to cover. The work of Peter Jahrling and the search for a drug that will take on smallpox -- and win.. First UK Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

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"The bard of biological weapons capturesthe drama of the front lines."-Richard Danzig, former secretary of the navyThe first major bioterror event in the United States-the anthrax attacks in October 2001-was a clarion call for scientists who work with "hot" agents to find ways of protecting civilian populations against biological weapons. In The Demon in the Freezer, his first nonfiction book since The Hot Zone, a #1 New York Times bestseller, Richard Preston takes us into the heart of Usamriid, the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, once the headquarters of the U.S. biological weapons program and now the epicenter of national biodefense.Peter Jahrling, the top scientist at Usamriid, a wry virologist who cut his teeth on Ebola, one of the world's most lethal emerging viruses, has ORCON security clearance that gives him access to top secret information on bioweapons. His most urgent priority is to develop a drug that will take on smallpox-and win. Eradicated from the planet in 1979 in one of the great triumphs of modern science, the smallpox virus now resides, officially, in only two high-security freezers-at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta and in Siberia, at a Russian virology institute called Vector. But the demon in the freezer has been set loose. It is almost certain that illegal stocks are in the possession of hostile states, including Iraq and North Korea. Jahrling is haunted by the thought that biologists in secret labs are using genetic engineering to create a new superpox virus, a smallpox resistant to all vaccines.Usamriid went into a state of Delta Alert on September 11 and activated its emergency response teams when the first anthrax letters were opened in New York and Washington, D.C. Preston reports, in unprecedented detail, on the government's response to the attacks and takes us into the ongoing FBI investigation. His story is based on interviews with top-level FBI agents and with Dr. Steven Hatfill.Jahrling is leading a team of scientists doing controversial experiments with live smallpox virus at CDC. Preston takes us into the lab where Jahrling is reawakening smallpox and explains, with cool and devastating precision, what may be at stake if his last bold experiment fails.From the Hardcover edition.

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Title
The Demon in the Freezer: The Terrifying Truth About the Threat from Bioterrorism.
Author
Preston, Richard (editor)
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First UK Paperback
ISBN 10
075531218X
ISBN 13
9780755312184
Publisher
Headline
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
2002
Keywords
Biological Weapons Bioterror Anthrax Attacks USAMRIID Jahrling Smallpox Virus
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Medicine / Health / Psych; Science, Technical & Mathematics; Militaria;
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8vo

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