The Hot Zone

Describe or diagram three possible reservoirs for the virus.

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The tropical rain forests are the deep reservoirs of life on the planet, containing most of the world's plant and animal species. The rain forests are also its largest reservoirs of viruses, since all living things carry viruses. When viruses come out of an ecosystem, they tend to spread in wave through the human population, like echoes from the dying biosphere.
Here are the names of some emerging viruses Lassa. Rift Valley. Oropouche. Rocio. q. Guanarito. VEE. Monkeypox. Dengue. Chikungunya. The hantaviruses. Machupo. Junin. The rabieslike strains Mokola and Duvenhage. LeDantec. The Kyasnur Forst brain virus. HIV – which is very much an emerging virus, because its penetration of the human species is increasing rapidly, with no end in sight. The Semlike Forst agent. Grimean-Congo. Sinbis. O'nyongnyong. Nameless Sao Paulo. Marbury. Ebola Sudan. Ebola Zaire. Ebola Reston.

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