Measles infection in a brain cell nucleus
- Mike Kayser
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Transmission electron micrograph of a brain cell
nucleus being completely over-run with replicating
measles virus. The viral genome has been released
from the virus particles and uses the cell's own
machinery to help it replicate. This is the
typical appearance of of a measles infected cell.