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. 2012 May 15;7(5):e36749. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036749

Figure 8. Release of E. chaffeensis from infected macrophages and tick cells.

Figure 8

Most of the infected host cells exhibited release by complete lysis. A subset of the infected cells also released organisms by exocytosis by creating an opening to the morula membrane. (A and C, infected macrophages and B and D, infected tick cells) (Scale bar 1 µm).