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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Gen Virol. 2016 Jun 30;97(8):1755–1764. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.000535

Figure 1. Filamentous influenza virions are lost on laboratory passage.

Figure 1

Filamentous influenza virions are clearly visible after two passages of the clinical isolate influenza A/Rockefeller Institute/1/1957 (H2N2) virus in embryonated chicken eggs (a) but are lost following twelve passages (b). Electron micrographs © Choppin et al., 1960.

Originally published in THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE. 112:945-52.