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. 2005 Nov 2;37(2):91–106. doi: 10.1016/j.micron.2005.10.001

Fig. 11.

Fig. 11

Two parapoxviruses negatively stained with PTA. This is a large ‘sausage-shaped’ virus with a distinctive surface filament that appears to wrap around the virion. The virus illustrated is a sheep pathogen (orf virus) that can sometimes infect the skin of humans. Orf virus is about 250×150 nm in size.