University of Iowa study traces Ebola’s route to the skin surface
Researchers at University of Iowa Health Care and colleagues at Texas Biomedical Research Institute and Boston University, have traced a cellular route Ebola virus (EBOV) uses to traverse the inner and outer layers of skin and emerge onto the skin’s surface. The study identifies new cell types within the skin that are targeted by EBOV during infection and shows that human skin specimens actively support EBOV infection. Overall, the findings, suggest that the skin’s surface may be one route of person-to-person transmission.
