00.058. Poxviridae

01.058.1.01.011. Variola virus

School of Veterinary Medicine
University of California Davis
Davis, USA.

"Smallpox virus, single virion, as seen by negative stain electron microscopy. The brick-shaped virion is covered with what looks like filaments (although in reality this outer layer is not really like a ball of string). This virion is from a human skin lesion, from a diagnostic specimen that came to the Centers for Disease Control in 1966 as part of the WHO Global Smallpox Eradication Program."

Original source of micrograph.

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Virus Species	Virus Genus	Virus Family	Host
Variola virus	Orthopoxvirus	Poxviridae	cattle