Question

She took up a scalpel and slit the monkey's abdomen, making a slow and gentle cut, keeping the blade well away from her gloved fingers. The spleen was puffed up and tough, leathery, like a globe of smoked salami. She did not see any bloody lesions inside this monkey. She had expected that the monkey's interior would be a lake of blood, but no, this monkey looked all right, it had not bled into itself. If the animal had died of Ebola, this was not a clear case. She opened up the intestine. There was no blood inside it. The gut looked okay. Then she examined the stomach. There she found a ring of bleeding spots at the junction between the stomach and the small intestine. This could be a sign of Ebola, but it was not a clear sign. It could also be a sign of simian fever, not Ebola. Therefore, she could not confirm the presence of Ebola virus in this animal based on a visual inspection of the internal organs during necropsy. Which statement best summarizes the central idea of this paragraph? It is difficult to identify Ebola in dead specimens. Performing a necropsy is a tedious procedure. Signs of simian fever and Ebola can be similar. Ebola has unusual effects on infected monkeys.

Answer 1

Signs of simin fever and Ebola can be similar. 

Answer 2

Signs of simian fever and ebola can be similar.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this excerpt, we learn that signs of simian fever and ebola can be similar. We see that the woman is trying to identify the reason why the monkey died. She is particularly interested in establishing whether this could be a case of ebola. As she studies the specimen, she does not find any clear signs of ebola. However, we do learn that she finds some signs that could be ebola but could also be simian fever. Therefore, we learn that signs of simian fever and ebola can be similar.