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This transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image revealed some of the internal cross-sectional ultrastructure of a rabies virion (arrow) in this central nervous system tissue specimen. The virion is adjacent to a Negri body, which is pathognomonic in a positive diagnosis for rabies. The virus infects the central nervous system, causing encephalopathy and ultimately death. Rabies virus belongs to the order Mononegavirales, and possesses a nonsegmented, negative-sense single-stranded RNA ((-) ssRNA) genome. When sectioned in a longitudinal plane, the rabies virus is bullet-shaped (see PHIL 16407).
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. Fred Murphy; Sylvia Whitfield
Creation Date: 1975
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