COVID-19: Portraits of a virus

See what the new coronavirus looks like under the microscope

Published: March 03, 2020 09:09 AFP and Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Producer

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A handout illustration image courtesy of the National Institutes of Health taken with a scanning electron microscope shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. Image Credit: AFP

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This handout illustration image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a transmission electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first US case of COVID-19, formerly known as 2019-nCoV, with the spherical viral particles, colorized blue, containing cross-sections through the viral genome, seen as black dots. Image Credit: AFP

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) illustration by the US Food and Drug Administration Image Credit: AFP

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Transmission electron microscope image by National Institutes of Health. The spikes on the outer edge of the virus particles give coronaviruses their name, crown-like. Image Credit: AFP

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A transmission electron microscopic image courtesy of the National Institutes of Health shows COVID-19 isolated from a patient in the US, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Image Credit: AFP

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Scanning electron microscope image by National Institutes of Health showing yellow virus particles emerging from cells cultured in a lab. Image Credit: AFP

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) illustration released by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Image Credit: AFP

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) transmission electron microscopic image by National Institutes of Health Image Credit: AFP

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Ultrastructural morphology, created by Lizabeth Menzies / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Image Credit: AFP

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