The Hot Zone
Who is Tom Geisbert and what is his job at The Institute?
section 11 or 12
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section 11 or 12
Tom Geisbert is an intern at USAMRIID who operates the facility's electron microscope. Geisbert volunteers to examine infected monkey cells from the Reston facility and is the first to identify the signs of a filovirus. Along with Peter Jahrling, Geisbert sniffs a flask containing infected cells but is not infected with the virus.
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