Human rotavirus virus

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 2 % UA .
The bar represents 100 nm.
Primary magnification 100,000 x
Micrographs were taken with a Siemens 102 electron mircoscope operated at 100 kV.

Rough particles: virions which have lost the outer capsid during preparation.

Taxonomic Descriptions

Virus Species	Virus Genus	Virus Family	Host
human rotavirus	Rotavirus	Reoviridae	Homo sapiens

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