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A major biochemical link in the process by which the Ebola Zaire virus infects cells - a finding that may provide potential treatment for hemorrhagic fever has been identified by scientists at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
Ebola produces severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in its victims and inflicts mortality rates close to 90 percent in some outbreaks.
Till date, scientists haven't come up with a vaccine or antiviral therapy to fight against the virus, which is considered a high-risk agent for bioterrorism....