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. 2021 Mar 30;10:e60361. doi: 10.7554/eLife.60361

Figure 2. Transmission electron microscopic image of the lung tissue of patient 3.

Figure 2.

(a) Alveolar septum showing intact capillaries with erythrocytes (asterisk) and the air space (cross). The blood-air barrier is damaged as the pneumocytes are missing and the basal membrane is exposed to air (arrowheads). (b–e) Close-ups of the four boxed regions in (a) from left to right showing SARS-CoV-2 virus particles encased in plasmatic vesicles of alveolar fibrocytes. (f) Reference image of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles proliferated in cell culture (Vero76).