Priya Shetty and Christina Scott
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/ 18 April 2005

New hope for Marburg virus drug

As the deadly outbreak of Marburg virus continues to claim lives in Angola, researchers have worked out how the closely related Ebola virus invades human cells, according to a report on the Science and Development Network website. The findings could lead to a treatment for the diseases, which each kill up to 90% of those infected.