Electron micrograph of human herpes virus type 6

Description

This electron micrograph shows herpes virus type 6 (HHV-6) maturing and being released from a white blood cell. HHV-6 is a double-stranded DNA virus.

Credit

Public domain/ Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute/ Bernard Kramarsky, photographer/ 1986

Source

http://visualsonline.cancer.gov/details.cfm?imageid=2256