Read it. Although it's been at least 15 years. Hot Zone is a GREAT book, I think I'll read it again.
Outbreak was a good book too.
My business partner and i were in VA for a convention, got as close as we could to the reston area. There's a lot of stuff floatring around, one comes in contact with on a daily basis. We're 1 mutation away from eliminating most of the 2 legged population.