Table of ContentsMain CharactersSummaryReviewsThe setting takes place in two main locations. Reston Maryland which is a suburb of Washington DC. and the second large area is in Kenya, Africa. The story takes place in the 80s. Say no to plagiarism. Get a custom essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”?Get the original essayMain CharactersSince this story is a true story, no character is a main character. The author doesn't create the story around a main character, so I'll just list all the characters from the book that I remember. Charles Monet: He was the first host of the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in Africa. He was 56 years old and quite lonely according to the author's interviews with people. Mosoke: He was Charles Monet's doctor when Charles crashed and bled, meaning when the host suddenly starts bleeding infectious blood from every orifice of the body. Nancy Jaax: She was a veterinary pathologist at a military fort in Maryland. Jerry Jaax: He was a veterinarian and husband of Nancy Jaax. Peter Jahrling: He was a disease expert at Fort Detrick. Gene Johnson: He was in charge of Operation Reston. He also discovered Ebola Sudan. Nun: The nun's name was unknown but she had the first-ever recorded case of Ebola Zaire, which is the most dangerous of the three strains. Summary This is a true story. On New Year's Day 1980, a man named Charles Monet went on a trip with a friend of his to Mt. Elgon in western Kenya. They spent the night there and went to a large cave called Kitcum Cave. After his trip to Kitcum Cave, he returned home and three days later he had a massive headache that wouldn't go away. This is the first symptom of this deadly disease. A few days later he went to the doctors and they told him he should go to a bigger hospital in Nairobi. Charles took a flight to Nairobi on the ninth day after his visit to Kitcum Cave. Throughout the flight to Nairobi, he vomited blood mixed with a black liquid. When he arrived at the hospital, he sat down and waited to be served. Then his spine became soft and nervous and he lost all sense of balance. he started to go into shock. He then began vomiting an incredible amount of blood from his stomach and spilled it all over the floor. Those present said the only sound was the choking in his throat from his constant vomiting while he was unconscious. Then came the sound of the sheets being torn in two, which is the sound of his intestines opening and draining blood from the anus. The blood is mixed with the intestinal mucosa. His intestine is stripped. The walls of his intestines were breaking away and being expelled from his body with huge amounts of blood. This dying process that happens to nine out of ten people who come into contact with the deadly disease is called crushing and bleeding. Samples of his blood were flown to every major disease laboratory in the world. The disease was a Marburg strain. In Sudan, the same types of deaths decimated entire tribes. So Gene Johnson went there and worked with the sick tribal members to try to find a cure. This Marburg strain was called Ebola Sudan because of where it was found. Later, in Zaire, there was a post of missionaries who administered vaccines and penicillin to local tribes. One of the nuns fell ill with a similar illness. She died and her blood was sent to disease laboratories around the world. The strain was called.