HIV-1 virus particles (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

HIV-1 virus particles

Caption

Transmission electron micrograph of HIV-1 virus particles (blue) from infected H9 cells, produced in cell culture. The particles exhibit two stages of replication: the two “arcs” are immature particles budding from the plasma membrane of the cell, and the center spherical particle is a mature form in extracellular space. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland. 

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NIAID

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