When Jahrling first handles the pieces of frozen monkey meat, he turns to his colleague and says, "Good thing this isn't Marburg." (176) Why do you think Preston includes this detail at this point in the text?

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Asked by Grace H #498534 on 2/21/2016 4:14 PM

Last updated by Aslan on 2/21/2016 6:15 PM

Answered by Aslan on 2/21/2016 6:15 PM

I think this ups the ironic tragic factor as the men really do not know they are dealing with a variation of Marburg.