SUMMER READING 2008 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS The Hot Zone By Richard Preston 1. What is the difference in lethality for the Ebola virus compared to HIV? 2. How can a virus that is specific to a particular species of animal, infect an animal in another species? 3. How does a anaerobic virus which will die in the presence of oxygen, begin the transformation to become an aerobic (airborne) virus? 4. What is a fillovirus? How does it differ from other common viruses?