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Connective tissue cells (fibroblasts; the blue cell nuclei are visible) in a cell culture were almost all infected by monkeypox viruses after one day if the viruses had previously been incubated with seminal fluid.

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E. Torbica et al., Emerging Microbes & Infections (2026) / Goethe University Frankfurt

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