Monkeypox and Male Fertility: Is There Any Looming Danger?

Du Plessis, Stefan S; Cardona Maya, Walter D; Omolaoye, Temidayo S

doi:10.18502/jri.v23i4.10819

Monkeypox and Male Fertility: Is There Any Looming Danger?

Authors

Stefan S du Plessis ¹

Walter D Cardona Maya ²

Temidayo S Omolaoye ³

¹ College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Division of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South A

² Reproduction Group, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Antioquia, Colombia

³ College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

10.18502/jri.v23i4.10819

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