Image of HIV: scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding (in green, color added) from cultured lymphocyte
Multiple round bumps on cell surface represent sites of assembly and budding of HIV. During primary infection, the level of HIV may reach several million virus particles per milliliter of blood.
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