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Ebola: Through the Eyes of the People [Paperback]

William T. Close (Author), Itoko Maeno (Illustrator)
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Eloquent, gripping, and beautiful account of the real doctors, nurses, and victims who lived and died during that harrowing nightmare. -- Richard Preston, author of "The Hot Zone"

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At a Catholic Mission in Yambuku, an oasis of peace and efficiency in northern Congo's vast jungle forests, Mabalo Lokela, a teacher, receives an anti-malarial shot for a raging fever and headache. Sister Lucie, a Flemish nursing sister, swishes out a syringe with a weak disinfectant. The next patients are injected with the same syringe and the sick man's virus spreads.

Lokela was the first Congolese victim of a new African hemorrhagic disease that became known as Ebola fever. When Sister Lucie dies a few days later, panic erupts and hospitalized patients flee into the forest. With the convent connected to the outside world by a single primitive radio, the mission nuns can only pray and wonder if anyone will act on their cries for help.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An eloquent, gripping, chilling account, April 9 2002
This review is from: Ebola: Through the Eyes of the People (Paperback)
Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a deadly virus currently spreading from Gabon to the Republic of the Congo. Unfortunately, it today's world of international transportation and air travel, Ebola outbreaks offer very real risks of being spread quickly to virtually any part of the world (including the United States) is just a matter of hours. William Close draws upon his more than 16 years in Africa (he became personal physician to the President of Congo and chief doctor to the Congolese Army) and his expertise with respect to Ebola to provide an eloquent, gripping, chilling account of the doctors, nurses and victims affected by the Ebola virus in the Catholic mission and surrounding villages now the focus of teams of international doctors and scientists trying to understand and contain the latest lethal outbreak. Ebola: Through The Eyes Of The People is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the Ebola threat, both realized and potential, and its status as a modern day plague with horrific potential.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An eloquent, gripping, chilling account, April 9 2002
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ebola: Through the Eyes of the People (Paperback)
Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a deadly virus currently spreading from Gabon to the Republic of the Congo. Unfortunately, it today's world of international transportation and air travel, Ebola outbreaks offer very real risks of being spread quickly to virtually any part of the world (including the United States) is just a matter of hours. William Close draws upon his more than 16 years in Africa (he became personal physician to the President of Congo and chief doctor to the Congolese Army) and his expertise with respect to Ebola to provide an eloquent, gripping, chilling account of the doctors, nurses and victims affected by the Ebola virus in the Catholic mission and surrounding villages now the focus of teams of international doctors and scientists trying to understand and contain the latest lethal outbreak. Ebola: Through The Eyes Of The People is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the Ebola threat, both realized and potential, and its status as a modern day plague with horrific potential.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Fascinating Perspective, Jun 24 2008
By Brenda Pink "snorkelgeek" - Published on Amazon.com
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To be truthful, I was a bit disappointed when the author admitted at the beginning of the book that this was a novel. I had expected more technical information. However, the book was a very good read and gave an interesting perspective of the first Ebola outbreak from the view of the people directly involved - the villagers and the Catholic missionaries. Dr. Close bases this book on fact, but for the sake of interest, combined some characters and filled in some holes in the story with what he believes happened. Since he was there, nobody can argue the facts. The book does not give any technical information on Ebola and how it works and how it is stopped. It does however, go into decriptions of how this awful disease is spread and how it affects entire villages. Without the technical details, the book is a quick read and though a subject like this could not be called enjoyable, I found it fascinating to read.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Excellent Book, Oct 31 2007
By jdw - Published on Amazon.com
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This is a really good book. It keeps you coming back for more without being too intense. It nicely describes the horrible nature of the epidemic without too many of the horrific details. By the end I felt like I knew the characters.
This is a really good, really well written book.
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