SARS-CoV-2 (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

SARS-CoV-2

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This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 - the virus that causes COVID-19 - isolated from a patient in the U.S. The protrusions visible on the outside are the spike proteins that the virus particles use to fuse with and gain entry to host cells.

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