Drug Blocks Two of World's Deadliest Emerging Viruses

Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 12:35 in Health & Medicine

Two highly lethal viruses that have emerged in recent outbreaks are susceptible to chloroquine, an established drug used to prevent and treat malaria, according to a new basic science study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in the Journal of Virology. Due to the study's significance, it was published yesterday, online, in advance of the first April print issue.

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