Thin-section electron micrograph of Sin Nombre virus isolate, a causative agent of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS).  From the 1994 outbreak of HPS in the southwestern United States.

Image courtesy Cynthia Goldsmith, Sherif Zaki, and Luanne Elliott, Infectious Disease Pathology Activity, DVRD, NCID, CDC.

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