Cross Section of a Tick Salivary Gland Infected with Langat Virus (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Cross Section of a Tick Salivary Gland Infected with Langat Virus

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This confocal microscope image shows a cross section of a tick salivary gland infected with Langat virus (green). Two rounded structures on the right, called acini, are shown attached to a duct (yellow). The lower acinus is infected, as denoted by the green fluorescent signal.

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