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  MARBURG VIRUS: EBOLA’S FORGOTTEN BROTHER. MARBURG HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER: THE GERMAN NAME FOR A KILLER FROM THE AFRICAN RAIN FOREST        “A hot virus from the rain forest lives within a twenty-four hour plane flight from every city on earth. All of the earth’s cities are connected by a web of airline routes. The web is a network. Once a virus hits the net, it can shoot anywhere in a day – Paris, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, wherever planes fly.” -Richard Preston, The Hot Zone      In 1994,one non-fictional book was published and immediately became the bestseller. The investigative journalist Richard Preston came out with the perfect story dragged out the darkness of the African rain forests. The Hot Zone made the hot atmosphere all over the world since it was based on the true events and since it revealed many scientific concerns and hopes. His writing skills and manner to develop the ideas brought him and his book among one of 100 which sha...

  THE RETURN OF THE RULER: EBOLA VIRUS ON RISE. UGANDA AND ITS FIGHT WITH EBOLA SUDAN “We must act now to prevent further spread of EBOLA VIRUS. If we do not act collectively, EBOLA VIRUS will wipe all whole populations and generations into their grave. The call to action is now.”  ― Lailah Gifty Akita      There are numerous articles that I wrote about Ebola virus but each time I do research about this microbe, I feel some kind of dual feelings, admiration and fear at the same time. Ebola is, with no doubt, the most dangerous virus in the world, in spite of much competition in all area of microorganisms. You will never find such a perfect model of epidemiological war, that is capable to kill thousand of people, with no mercy. This virus learnt, long time ago, that Homo sapiens is running under error mood and that small crack in DNA is enough to be among humans, to be spread like the grudge from nature itself. Credit by: Al Jazeera      ...

  THE ELLESMERE ISLAND: POLAR WOLVES AND DARKNESS OF ARCTIC. Credit by: CBC THE WHITE WOLVES AND THEIR LIFE IN THE SHADOW OF ICE Credit by: Eric Pierre “All good things are wild and free.” -Henry David Thoreau      The snow flakes are falling down from the grey and unfriendly sky. It is cold and the nature doesn’t show the mercy for the rest of the living animals that are walking back and forth, trying to find shelter, before it is too dark, before it is too late. The Island Ellesmere, the Canada northernmost edge, the new universe of life under harsh conditions, the place where white wolves have their freedom and wildness but also responsibility to survive, without being hunted and haunted by people. Credit by: Britannica      The Canadian far away point, the pearl of ice wilderness and the miracle of darkness is known to be one of the most cruelest place on the Earth. This depends a lot on the climate situation and the circulation of the light. ...