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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Future Virol. 2013 Mar;8(3):273–287. doi: 10.2217/fvl.13.7

Figure 1. Electron micrographs of mature human herpesvirus 6A and human herpesvirus 6B virions.

Figure 1

Despite significant differences in their biological and epidemiological features, the two viruses are morphologically indistinguishable, exhibiting the typical features of HHV, with an electron-dense icosahedral core surrounded by a tegument and a lipoprotein envelope.

HHV: Human herpesvirus.