SARS-CoV-2 virus particles inside a macrophage (IMAGE)

Princeton University

SARS-CoV-2 virus particles inside a macrophage

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Electron microscopy shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (green) inside a macrophage, a type of myeloid immune cell that the study revealed is critical to the early immune response to viral infection.

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Electron microscopy images were taken by Maria Ericsson (Harvard Medical School) and edited (pseudocoloring) by Florian Douam (Boston University)

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