Introduction: an emerging threat -- The Marburg story -- Luanda, Angola -- The hot zone -- The hotel Bunga -- Claudia's funeral -- The outbreak ends -- Seven deadly viruses -- Animal origins -- Marburg -- Avian flu: fighting the possibility of pandemic -- HIV and AIDS: "five previously healthy individuals" -- Hantavirus: death in the southwest -- West nile virus: a jet-set germ -- SARS: a delicacy and a disease -- Monkeypox: the pet connection.