HIV Life Cycle

Viral Budding

From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Electron micrograph depicting viral assembly and budding from the cell surface.

(Courtesy of Dr. Jacquelline Muller, CBER; FDA)

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This article was provided by U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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