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Prologue
San Francisco, CA
The Bay View Nursing Home was one of the best run such facilities in the city. But suddenly it was faced with one resident after another falling mysteriously ill. The illness first appeared to just a mild respiratory infection then rapidly progressed to an extremely severe case of pneumonia. The victims died, literally drowning in the fluid in their own lungs.
Since most of the residents were elderly and already suffering from the various ailments of the aged, no one took most notice. That is until one of the nurses became sick. Being young and healthy, her sudden illness caused the nursing home officials to take a second look... And what they saw were more and more staff getting sick.
It was then that the officials and doctors decided to ask for help. And that request ended up at the National Institutes of Health.