Scanning electron micrograph of Lassa virus budding off a cell. Lassa virus (LASV) is an arenavirus that causes Lassa hemorrhagic fever, a type of viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) in humans and other primates. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID
Posted by NIAID on 2021-11-19 21:14:31
Tagged: , National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , NIAID , NIH , SEM , Scanning Electron Micrograph , scanning electron microscopy , Lassa virus , LASV , arenavirus , Lassa hemorrhagic fever , viral hemorrhagic fever , VHF
