EM images reveal how Marburg virus slips into human cells, exposing glycoprotein “cap” tricks and weak spots that could guide future antivirals, antibodies and vaccines.

Ethiopia is confronting one of the most dangerous viruses known to medicine as the Marburg virus spreads through parts of the country, triggering rising infections, six confirmed deaths, and hundreds ...

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In a new study published in Nature, University of Minnesota researchers found that the Marburg virus, one of the world's deadliest pathogens with an average 73% fatality rate, is unusually efficient ...