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Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding from cultured lymphocyte. Multiple round bumps on cell surface represent sites of assembly and budding of virions.
Photo credit: Centers for Disease Control / C. Goldsmith
Photo credit: Centers for Disease Control / C. Goldsmith