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flag Ebola virus moves through skin cells, potentially aiding person-to-person spread, study finds.

flag Researchers have identified how the Ebola virus moves through the skin, infecting various cell types including macrophages, endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and keratinocytes, and emerging onto the skin's surface. flag This discovery, made using a human skin sample system, suggests the skin can be a route for person-to-person transmission of the virus. flag The study, published in Science Advances, also provides a new method for testing antiviral drugs against Ebola.

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