The Hot Zone

How could Jahrling test to see if the monkey virus reacted in humans? What did it mean if the cells were glowing?

chapter 15: The second Angel

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Jahrling planned to test the cells with human blood samples. If the cells glowed, it would confirm that they were infected with Marburg.

Jahrling explained that he was planning to test the cells with human blood samples that would make them glow if they were infected with Marburg.
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Preston, Richard. The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (p. 203). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.