Scanning Electron Microscope Image of SARS-CoV-2 (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Scanning Electron Microscope Image of SARS-CoV-2

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This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (orange), the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S. The virus is emerging from the surface of cells (gray) cultured in the lab. Image captured and colorized at NIAID's Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton, Montana.

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