Hepatitis C Viruses, Tem #5 is a photograph by Thomas Deerinck, Ncmir which was uploaded on May 6th, 2013.
Hepatitis C Viruses, Tem #5
Hepatitis C viruses. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of hepatitis C virus particles (green) infecting cultured liver cells (purple).... more
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Hepatitis C Viruses, Tem #5
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Thomas Deerinck, Ncmir
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Hepatitis C viruses. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of hepatitis C virus particles (green) infecting cultured liver cells (purple). The virus consists of a core of RNA (ribonucleic acid, brown) enclosed in a capsid (green), and surrounding by a glycoprotein envelope (yellow). It infects liver cells causing an inflammatory disease that can lead to degeneration and scarring (cirrhosis). It is transmitted by blood-to-blood contact. There is no vaccine for hepatitis C. Magnification x30,000 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.
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May 6th, 2013
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