HIV-1 MICROGRAPH

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Date

1989

Description

This scanning electron micrograph (SEM) image revealed the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), (spherical in appearance), which had been co-cultivated with human lymphocytes. Note the lymphocyte in the lower left, and some of its extended pseudopodia. HIV-1 virions can be seen on the surface of this lymphocyte.

Source

Public Health Image Library

Citation

CDC/ C. Goldsmith, P. Feorino, E. L. Palmer, W. R. McManus, “HIV-1 MICROGRAPH,” The Global Health Chronicles, accessed March 29, 2024, https://globalhealthchronicles.org/items/show/7715.