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The study tested inactivation of monkeypox virus and vaccinia, and Gram-negative bacteria (Brucella melitensis, Burkholderia mallei, Burkholderia pseudomallei, Francisella tularensis tularensis and Yersinia pestis) and of Gram-positive endospore-forming Bacillus anthracis. All agents were rapidly inactivated on copper between 30 s and 5 min

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