This electron photomicrograph shows T cells infected with HIV.
Public domain / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health / Department of Health and Human Services, courtesy of Dr. Tom Folks / 2008
This illustration of HIV structure shows the envelope, capsid, two RNA strands, and outer and inner proteins.
Public domain/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health/ 2009
This electron photomicrograph shows HIV (in green) budding from a white blood cell.
Public domain/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ C. Goldsmith, P. Feorino, E. L. Palmer, and W. R. McManus, content providers/ C. Goldsmith, photographer/ Unknown date
This illustration shows how HIV infects cells.
Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum and Science Museum of Minnesota/ Adam Wiens and Lonnie Broden/ 2005
Explore Evolution Exhibit, University of Nebraska State Museum
A T cell, a type of white blood cell, attacks HIV.
Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum and Science Museum of Minnesota/ Adam Wiens and Lonnie Broden/ 2005
Explore Evolution Exhibit, University of Nebraska State Museum
“What is HIV?” comic created for the Explore Evolution exhibit.
Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum and Science Museum of Minnesota/ Adam Wiens and Lonnie Broden/ 2005
Explore Evolution Exhibit, University of Nebraska State Museum
HIV evolves inside an infected baby. HIV can sometimes pass from an infected mother to her unborn child.
Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum and Science Museum of Minnesota/ Adam Wiens and Lonnie Broden/ 2005
Explore Evolution Exhibit, University of Nebraska State Museum
Mothers can pass HIV to their children. Researchers have learned that the virus can evolve into new forms in a matter of days.
Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum and Science Museum of Minnesota/ Adam Wiens and Lonnie Broden/ 2005
Explore Evolution Exhibit, University of Nebraska State Museum
This illustration shows how HIV invades human cells and releases RNA inside.
Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum and Science Museum of Minnesota/ Adam Wiens and Lonnie Broden/ 2005
Explore Evolution Exhibit, University of Nebraska State Museum
This illustration shows HIV entering human cells.
Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum and Science Museum of Minnesota/ Adam Wiens and Lonnie Broden/ 2005
Explore Evolution Exhibit, University of Nebraska State Museum
