The Hot Zone

What happened to Nancy Jaax's while she was dissecting the monkeys with Lt. Johnson?

Pages 76-94

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Nancy had a rip in the palm of her glove, which resulted in exposure to the monkey's infected blood.

She glanced down. Her glove. It was drenched in blood, but now she saw the hole. It was a rip across the palm of the outer glove on her right hand.
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Preston, Richard (2012-03-14). The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (p. 85). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.