Influenzavirus A2, Asia

Influenzavirus A₂, Asia

Micrograph prepared by

	Research School of Biological Sciences Australian National University Canberra, Australia.
	Formerly at Hygiene Institute Medical Faculty J-W-Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Specimen stained with 3 % PTA (spray technique).
The bar represents 100 nm.
Primary magnification 40,000 x

Micrographs were taken with a Siemens 1 electron mircoscope operated at 80 kV.

Note the strings of the ribonucleo-protein capsid pieces scattered around the cluster of virions.

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Virus Species	Virus Genus	Virus Family	Host
Influenzavirus A₂, Asia	Influenzavirus A	Orthomyxoviridae	Homo sapiens

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