HIV-1 virus particles (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

HIV-1 virus particles

Caption

Transmission electron micrograph of HIV-1 virus particles (teal) budding and replicating from a segment of a chronically infected H9 cell (tan). Particles are in various stages of maturity; arc/semi-circles are immature particles that have started to form but are still part of the cell. Immature particles slowly change morphology into mature forms and exhibit the classic “conical or spherical-shaped core.” Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland.

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NIAID

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