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This transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image depicts an unidentified tissue sample within which you are able to see this spheroid shaped coronavirus particle. Note the large, knobby surface projections on the virion’s surface, imparting the corona, or appearance of a halo. The coronavirus is now recognized as the etiologic agent of the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ C.D. Humphrey; T. G. Ksiazek
Creation Date: 2003
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