This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. This virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wuhan" title="Wuhan">Wuhan</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/China" class="mw-redirect" title="China">China</a>.
CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM
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