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A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with mpox virus
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Mpox

A disease caused by an infectious virus, mpox can occur in several animals, including humans. Cases may be severe, especially in children, pregnant women or people with suppressed immune systems.

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