HIV Virions Budding from An Infected Cell (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

HIV Virions Budding from An Infected Cell

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When a resting immune cell that is latently infected with HIV gets reactivated, the cell starts producing HIV virions (red) that bud and release from the cell (blue), as shown here.

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