Microbe Illustrations

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus

Description

Foot-and-mouth disease viruses cause illness in cloven-hoofed animals, such as cattle, pigs, and sheep. FMD is an RNA virus.

Credit

Permission granted for educational use/ Virus World/ Institute for Molecular Virology/ University of Wisconsin-Madison/ Jean-Yves Sgro/ 2004

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HIV entering a cell

Description

This illustration shows HIV entering a cell and releasing its genetic material (RNA) and proteins inside the cell.

Credit

Public domain/ National Institutes of Health/ Unknown date

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Diagram of HIV reproduction

Description

This illustration shows how HIV attaches to an immune cell and makes copies of itself.

Credit

Public domain/ National Institutes of Health/ Unknown date

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HIV-1 virion

Description

This illustration of HIV structure shows the envelope, capsid, two RNA strands, and outer and inner proteins.

Credit

Public domain/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health/ 2009

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HIV infects an immune cell

Description

This illustration shows how HIV infects cells.

Credit

Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum and Science Museum of Minnesota/ Adam Wiens and Lonnie Broden/ 2005

Source

Explore Evolution Exhibit, University of Nebraska State Museum

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Immune cell attacks HIV

Description

A T cell, a type of white blood cell, attacks HIV.

Credit

Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum and Science Museum of Minnesota/ Adam Wiens and Lonnie Broden/ 2005

Source

Explore Evolution Exhibit, University of Nebraska State Museum

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HIV comic strip

Description

“What is HIV?” comic created for the Explore Evolution exhibit.

Credit

Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum and Science Museum of Minnesota/ Adam Wiens and Lonnie Broden/ 2005

Source

Explore Evolution Exhibit, University of Nebraska State Museum

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HIV evolving inside an infected baby

Description

HIV evolves inside an infected baby. HIV can sometimes pass from an infected mother to her unborn child.

Credit

Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum and Science Museum of Minnesota/ Adam Wiens and Lonnie Broden/ 2005

Source

Explore Evolution Exhibit, University of Nebraska State Museum

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Mothers can pass HIV to their children

Description

Mothers can pass HIV to their children. Researchers have learned that the virus can evolve into new forms in a matter of days.

Credit

Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum and Science Museum of Minnesota/ Adam Wiens and Lonnie Broden/ 2005

Source

Explore Evolution Exhibit, University of Nebraska State Museum

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HIV invades human cells

Description

This illustration shows how HIV invades human cells and releases RNA inside.

Credit

Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum and Science Museum of Minnesota/ Adam Wiens and Lonnie Broden/ 2005

Source

Explore Evolution Exhibit, University of Nebraska State Museum

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HIV surface proteins

Description

This illustration shows HIV entering human cells.

Credit

Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum and Science Museum of Minnesota/ Adam Wiens and Lonnie Broden/ 2005

Source

Explore Evolution Exhibit, University of Nebraska State Museum

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World of Viruses SEPA Poster 2011

Description

The World of Viruses project is made possible by a Science Education Partnership Award Grant No. R25 RR024267 from the National Center for Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health.

Credit

Angie Fox

Source

World of Viruses

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Illustration of antigenic drift in influenza virus

Description

This illustrates the genetic change by mutation that causes new seasonal flu strains each year. This is called “antigenic drift.”

Credit

Public domain/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/ Links Studio, Illustrator/ 2011

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Influenza virus replication

Description

This diagram shows how the influenza virus invades and undergoes replication inside a cell.

Credit

Public domain/ courtesy, National Library of Medicine/ 2006

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Influenza virus structure

Description

The structure of the influenza virus that causes flu in pigs shows the assortment of protein spikes present on the capsid, the RNA segments, and different types of proteins inside.

Credit

Public domain: This applies worldwide/ Wikimedia/ Eigene Herstellung, source/ M. Eickmann, author/ 2005

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Illustration of antigenic shift in influenza virus

Description

This diagram illustrates the reassortment of genetic material that enables a flu strain to jump from one animal species to another, including humans. This is called “antigenic shift.”

Credit

Public domain/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/ Links Studio, Illustrator/ 2011

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