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Title HHV-6 Description An electron micrograph of HHV-6 also includes a labeled insert of the mature virus particle. The HHV-6 is a double stranded DNA virus of the herpes family. The virus particles shown here have matured and are then released from the lymphocyte which has been infected. The "owl's eye" appearance of the virus particles is characteristic of the herpes family. The HHV-6, or the human herpes virus-6, was thought to infect b-cells and was at one time called HBLV, human b-lymphotropic virus. It is now known to infect t-cells and is the cause of the childhood rash "roseola" and some cases of mononucleosis. Topics/Categories Cells or Tissue, Abnormal Cells or Tissue Type Color, Photo Source Laboratory Of Tumor Cell Biology Date October 1986 Source This image was released by the National Cancer Institute, an agency part of the National Institutes of Health, with the ID 2257 (image) (next). This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information. English | Français | +/− Author Bernard Kramarsky (Photographer) Permission
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