HIV Viral Particle (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

HIV Viral Particle

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The genetic material of the HIV virus is encased in multiple structures that hide it from the host immune system. The capsid, in blue, protects the virus after it enters a cell and shuttles it to the nucleus, where it completes the process of infection.

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Graphic by Juan Perilla

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