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. 2022 Sep 11;27(18):5898. doi: 10.3390/molecules27185898

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Life cycle of MPXV. EV enters the host cell by fusion and MV by micropinocytosis or fusion. Within the viral factory, immature virions (IVs) are assembled to form MVs. Some MVs are wrapped to form EVs. Virus exits via budding of EVs or by cell lysis to release MVs.