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This transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image of a specimen extracted from a purified culture, revealed a number of coronavirus virions, each surrounded by its characteristic corona, or halo. The halo phenomenon is due to the presence of viral spike peplomers emanating from each particle’s proteinaceous capsid. One of the most infamous of the coronaviruses is the SARS-CoV, the cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. John Hierholzer
Creation Date: 1974
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