The Hot Zone
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The Hot Zone is a nonfiction thriller by Richard Preston that chronicles the origins and terrifying outbreaks of deadly filoviruses like Ebola and Marburg.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Hot Zone canonical | 7 |
| The Hot Zone (2019 TV series) | 1 |
| The Hot Zone (television adaptation work) | 1 |
| The Hot Zone (unproduced adaptation inspiration) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2271466 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hot Zone Context triple: [Grace Gummer, notableWork, The Hot Zone]
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A.
The Andromeda Strain
The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism and the scientific team racing to contain it.
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B.
La Contagion sacrée
La Contagion sacrée is an 18th-century philosophical critique of religion by Baron d'Holbach that attacks superstition and the social and moral harms of organized faith.
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C.
The Strain
The Strain is a horror drama franchise—best known as a TV series—about a vampiric plague overtaking New York City, co-created by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.
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D.
Field Notes from a Catastrophe
Field Notes from a Catastrophe is a nonfiction book by Elizabeth Kolbert that examines the science, evidence, and early impacts of human-driven climate change around the world.
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E.
Ground Zero
Ground Zero is a survival horror video game level or scenario known for its intense atmosphere and challenging gameplay.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hot Zone Target entity description: The Hot Zone is a nonfiction thriller by Richard Preston that chronicles the origins and terrifying outbreaks of deadly filoviruses like Ebola and Marburg.
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A.
The Andromeda Strain
The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton about a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism and the scientific team racing to contain it.
-
B.
La Contagion sacrée
La Contagion sacrée is an 18th-century philosophical critique of religion by Baron d'Holbach that attacks superstition and the social and moral harms of organized faith.
-
C.
The Strain
The Strain is a horror drama franchise—best known as a TV series—about a vampiric plague overtaking New York City, co-created by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.
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D.
Field Notes from a Catastrophe
Field Notes from a Catastrophe is a nonfiction book by Elizabeth Kolbert that examines the science, evidence, and early impacts of human-driven climate change around the world.
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E.
Ground Zero
Ground Zero is a survival horror video game level or scenario known for its intense atmosphere and challenging gameplay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medical thriller
ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ popular science book ⓘ |
| author | Richard Preston ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coversLocation |
Germany
ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ Reston ⓘ
surface form:
Reston, Virginia
Washington, D.C. ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
surface form:
Zaire
|
| describedAs |
nonfiction thriller
ⓘ
terrifying account of deadly viruses ⓘ |
| explores |
biosafety level 4 laboratories
ⓘ
global health risks ⓘ zoonotic transmission of viruses ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ⓘ
Fort Detrick ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
|
| genre |
nonfiction
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Hot Zone
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Hot Zone (2019 TV series)
|
| hasISBN | 9780385479561 ⓘ |
| hasRelatedWork | Crisis in the Red Zone ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Demon in the Freezer ⓘ |
| influenced | public perception of Ebola ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative nonfiction ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableEventDescribed |
1967 Marburg virus outbreak
ⓘ
1976 Ebola outbreaks in Africa ⓘ Reston ebolavirus ⓘ
surface form:
Reston Ebola outbreak
|
| notableFor | bringing Ebola to popular attention in the 1990s ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Hot Zone self-link ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 300 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1994 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Anchor Books
ⓘ
Random House ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| subject |
Ebolavirus
ⓘ
surface form:
Ebola virus
Marburg virus ⓘ biosafety ⓘ emerging infectious diseases ⓘ epidemics ⓘ filoviruses ⓘ viral hemorrhagic fever ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| timeOfNarrative | 1960s to 1990s ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Richard Preston ⓘ |
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Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Hot Zone (2019 TV series)
this entity surface form:
The Hot Zone (television adaptation work)