EM image of ciliated cell in olfactory mucosa with SARS-CoV-2 (IMAGE)

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

EM image of ciliated cell in olfactory mucosa with SARS-CoV-2

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An electron microscope image (ultrathin section, artificially colored) shows a section of a ciliated cell in the olfactory mucosa. Large numbers of intact SARS-CoV-2 particles (red) are found both inside the cell and on cellular processes. Yellow: kinocilia.

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Photo: Michael Laue/RKI & Carsten Dittmayer/Charité

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