SARS-CoV-2 -- Also Known as 2019-nCoV, the Virus that Causes COVID-19 (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

SARS-CoV-2 -- Also Known as 2019-nCoV, the Virus that Causes COVID-19

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This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 -- also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19 -- isolated from a patient in the US. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The spikes on the outer edge of the virus particles give coronaviruses their name, crown-like.

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