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This transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image is of numerous human coronavirus 229E particles grown in cell culture. Virus particles are seen inside vacuoles in the cytoplasm of this infected cell. Coronaviruses contain a positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome ((+) ssRNA). The most well-known member of this virus family is the human coronavirus responsible for causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. Fred Murphy
Creation Date: 1975
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