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00.030.0.01.003.   Hepatitis B virus
Family:
Genus:
Species: 		00.030. Hepadnaviridae
00.030.0.01. Orthohepadnavirus
00.030.0.01.001. Heaptitis B virus
© Dr C. Büchen-Osmond (cb2009@columbia.edu), Mailman School of Public Health, Greene Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, USA Author/owner: Dr C. Büchen-Osmond



Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
New York, USA

EM taken in 1976 while at:
Hygiene Institute
JW-Goethe Univeristy
Frankfurt a. Main, Germany
Specimen:
Treatment:
Bar: 		Hepatitis B virus
UA
100 nm
Host: human
Few hepatitis B virions (Dane particles) scattered between tubular and spherical forms of surface antigen particles, the virion envelope protein, which is produced in excess. Note the tadepole aspect of virions with an loose envelope forming a tail.

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References

ICTVdB Index of Viruses
ICTVdB taxon description
Reference List from the 8th ICTV Report

References to sequence databases at GenBank and PubMed Central:
PubMed Central References; nucleotide sequences; complete genomes



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