The Hot Zone
Chapter 14
what convinced geisbert that the substance was marburg?
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Geisbert was convinced after taking samples of the Reston monkey livers, when he saw the formation of crystalized bricks present in the samples.
He also found inclusion bodies inside the monkey’s liver cells. The animal’s liver was being transformed into crystal bricks.Source(s)
Preston, Richard. The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (p. 210). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
