Mechanism of Marburg Virus Sexual Transmission Identified in Nonhuman Primates (IMAGE)

US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Mechanism of Marburg Virus Sexual Transmission Identified in Nonhuman Primates

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Illustration shows Marburg virus particles (in blue) and sperm originating from the seminiferous tubule, a site of immune privilege and sperm production in the testes, of a monkey that survived Marburg virus infection.

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William Discher, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

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