An Illustration of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). (IMAGE)

University of Utah Health

An Illustration of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

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The outer shell, called the capsid (yellow and purple) envelopes the viral RNA genome (blue).

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Janet Iwasa

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