The process by which a virus particle becomes attached to a cell wall and incorporated into the cell by phagocytosis.
〔微生物〕病毒入胞（现象），病毒胞吞（现象）
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The penetration of the virions is by pinocytosis (viropexis); fusion with the cellular membrane has not been observed.
Virosomes were taken up by Vero cells by viropexis with no evidence of fusion.
With nonenveloped viruses, both viropexis and fusion mechanisms of entry have been reported but more emphasis has been given to changes in virion structure as a result of attachment than to the details by which the virus gains access to particular intracellular sites.
This process is known as viropexis where the virus membrane does not become part of the vesicle membrane.