Semen Facilitates Infection with Mpox Virus, Study Shows
Researchers found that protein fragments in seminal fluid form fibers that help monkeypox virus attach to human skin cells.
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Mpox cases occur again and again in Germany, albeit at a comparatively low level. A newer variant of the virus can also spread from person to person. Researchers are now investigating the role of semen fluid in an infection.
Semen facilitates infection with mpox virus, study shows
The mpox virus used to be transmitted predominantly from animals to humans. In recent years, however, new virus variants have become increasingly capable of spreading from person to person. Researchers at Goethe University and Universitätsmedizin Frankfurt have now found that seminal fluid facilitates the uptake of the mpox virus into cells. Their study is published in the journal Emerging Microbes & Infections.
According to the findings of a research team in Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main – sperm fluid promotes an infection with Mpox. "Our results provide an explanation of why sexual contacts pose a particularly high risk of transmission," said the doctoral student Emma Torbica, who conducted the experiments (Emerging Microbes &...
(Health) The viral disease is transmitted in close contact with the body. Experts have investigated the role of semen in this process. read
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