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Experimental Marburg vaccine shows promise
Published: June 16, 2010 at 2:02 PM
BETHESDA, Md., June 16 (UPI) -- U.S. medical investigators say an experimental vaccine for Marburg hemorrhagic fever continues to show promise in animal tests as an emergency treatment.
The research -- overseen by a team from the National Institutes of Health and three other organizations with expertise in viral hemorrhagic fevers -- focuses on a vaccine developed as an emergency treatment for accidental exposures to the virus that causes the disease. There is no approved treatment for Marburg infection, which has a high fatality rate...
Experimental Marburg vaccine shows promise
Published: June 16, 2010 at 2:02 PM
BETHESDA, Md., June 16 (UPI) -- U.S. medical investigators say an experimental vaccine for Marburg hemorrhagic fever continues to show promise in animal tests as an emergency treatment.
The research -- overseen by a team from the National Institutes of Health and three other organizations with expertise in viral hemorrhagic fevers -- focuses on a vaccine developed as an emergency treatment for accidental exposures to the virus that causes the disease. There is no approved treatment for Marburg infection, which has a high fatality rate...