The Hot Zone

what does the spleen do? What was the condition of the spleen in these specimens compared to a normal monkey spleen?

The Hot Zone, chapter 10. Reston

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The spleen's main job is to purify the blood and store blood cells. The monkeys' spleens were enlarged (swollen).

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