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. 2017 Nov 21;72(3):516–524. doi: 10.1111/his.13379

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Ultrastructural findings: Middle East respiratory syndrome – coronavirus (MERS‐CoV) particles were identified near the nuclear membrane and cytoplasm of A, pneumocytes (arrow), B, pulmonary macrophages (arrows), C, proximal renal tubular epithelial cells (arrow) and D, macrophages infiltrating smooth muscle (arrows). The viral particles presented singly E, VP in renal tubular epithelia cells or in small groups F, VP in pneumocytyes, exhibited electron‐dense spike‐like projections on the surface (arrows) (E,F) and ranged in size between 70 and 105 nm.