False-colour transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the virus causing AIDS. Two of the viruses (designated HIV-1,or Human Immunodefic- iency Virus type 1) are seen here budding off from an H9 cell (blue),a special cancer cell line for culturing the virus. HIV destroys T-lymphocytes,key cells in the body's immune response to infection. A disabled defence system is vulnerable to "opportunistic" infections,such as a normally rare form of pneumonia & Kaposi's sarcoma,a type of skin cancer. The virus is transmitted sexually & through contaminated blood. Magnification: x35,200 at 35mm size,x70,400 at 6x7cm size. Rossdale colouring. Original is BW print M050/028 | |
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