Description
This shows the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS.
Credit
Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum/ Angie Fox, Illustrator/ 2005
This shows the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS.
Permission granted for educational use/ University of Nebraska State Museum/ Angie Fox, Illustrator/ 2005
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.
Angie Fox
World of Viruses
This photograph shows a microbiologist conducting an experiment with the influenza virus inside a biological safety cabinet in the laboratory.
Public domain/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ Taronna Maines, content provider/ Greg Knobloch, photographer/ 2006
This photograph shows a microbiologist examining a test tube of reconstructed 1918 pandemic influenza viruses.
Public domain/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ James Gathany, photographer/ 2005
This photograph captures a sneeze in progress. It shows the plume of salivary droplets this man is expelling.
Public domain/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ Brian Judd, content provider/ James Gathany, photographer/ 2009
This electron micrograph shows 1918 influenza virions.
Public domain/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ Dr. Terrence Tumpey, content provider/ Cynthia Goldsmith, photographer/ 2005
Electron micrograph shows a Hong Kong H3N2 subtype of the influenza A virus.
Public domain/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ Dr. Fred Murphy, content provider/ 1975
This electron micrograph shows a number of influenza virions. Notice the neuraminidase (N) and hemagglutinin (H) spikes sticking out from the protein coat, or capsid.
Public domain/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ Dr. John Hierholzer, content provider/ 1974
This electron micrograph shows an H1N1 influenza virus that causes disease in pigs. It is magnified 37,800 times. Several virus particles are developing while being grown in chicken eggs.
Public domain/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ Dr. E. Palmer and R.E. Bates, content providers/ 1976
This electron micrograph shows virus particles, or virions, from Type A influenza virus.
Public domain/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ F.A. Murphy, content provider/ 1976