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Historic Marburg outbreak hints at long-term viral hideout
The lineage of the Marburg virus responsible for Ethiopia's first outbreak is closely linked to one found in a Ugandan cave. Credit: James Cavallini/Science Photo Library
An analysis of samples from Ethiopia’s first ever outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease suggests that the virus spread from person to person after making the jump from an infected animal1.
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Daba Feyssa, M. et al. Nature Microbiol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-026-02540-y (2026).
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