How Ebola Virus Avoids the Immune System (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

How Ebola Virus Avoids the Immune System

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Scanning electron microscope image of Ebola virions (spaghetti-like filaments) on the surface of a tetherin-expressing cell (center). The other three cells seen in this image (upper right and upper and lower left) do not have the filamentous virus on their surfaces.

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Paul Bates, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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