Researchers Detect Monkeypox Virus in Testes of Nonhuman Primate Survivors (IMAGE)

US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Researchers Detect Monkeypox Virus in Testes of Nonhuman Primate Survivors

Caption

Immunofluorescence staining demonstrates monkeypox virus (green) can be detected in the epididymal lumina (red), the site of sperm maturation and storage, of a crab-eating macaque with acute monkeypox infection. Nuclei were counterstained blue.

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Dr. Xiankun (Kevin) Zeng, USAMRIID

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