Molluscum contagiosum virus

This page is best viewed with Netscape 2.0 or a more recent version.

Click on image for close-up.

Electron micrographs presented by

Linda Stannard

Department of Medical Microbiology
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa.

The bar represents 100 nm.

Original WWW location of micrographs.

Taxonomic Descriptions

Virus Species	Virus Genus	Virus Subfamily	Virus Family	Host
Molluscum contagiosum virus	Molluscipoxvirus	Chordopoxvirinae	Poxviridae	Mammalia

Links to Related Sites

Note: This document is part of the ICTVdB on the World Wide Web. While the database is under development documents are subjected to changes and corrections. If you have questions about this project please contact us. Your comments and help will be appreciated.