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This transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image depicts multiple Orientia tsutsugamushi bacteria, formerly known as Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, that were free within the cytoplasm of a mouse peritoneal mesothelial cell. There is marked hypertrophy of the host cell in response to the infection.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr.
Creation Date: 1976
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