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This scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image reveals the rosette-like appearance of the matured SARS-CoV (coronavirus) particles (arrows). See PHIL 10819 for a colorized view of this image. This image emphasizes the form and structure of the virus particles, or virions, made visible with negative staining (inset) under transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Short and stubby spikes are visible on the virus surface.

For more on these findings, please visit the link below, and search the EID PDF for the article’s title, Topographic Changes in SARS Coronavirus.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. Mary Ng Mah Lee, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Creation Date: 2004
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Links: CDC – Emerging Infectious Disease, EID, Vol. 10, No. 11, November 2004, Topographic Changes in SARS Coronavirus
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