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Volume 22, Number 1—January 2016
Research

Multiorgan WU Polyomavirus Infection in Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient

Erica A. Siebrasse, Nang L. Nguyen, Melisa J. Willby, Dean D. Erdman, Marilyn Menegus, and David WangComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (E.A. Siebrasse, D. Wang); University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA (N.L. Nguyen, M.A. Menegus); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.J. Willby, D.D. Erdman)

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Electron micrographs of polyomavirus-like particles in lung from a child with fatal acute respiratory illness. A) Low-power view of a nucleus displaying multiple electron dense crystalline arrays. Scale bar indicates 0.5 μm; original magnification ×10,000. B) Higher-power magnification of nucleus in panel A. Scale bar indicates 100 nm; original magnification ×30,000. C) Large cluster of putative polyomavirus virions. Scale bar indicates 250 nm; original magnification ×20,000.

Figure 1. Electron micrographs of polyomavirus-like particles in lung from a child with fatal acute respiratory illness. A) Low-power view of a nucleus displaying multiple electron dense crystalline arrays. Scale bar indicates 0.5 μm; original magnification ×10,000. B) Higher-power magnification of nucleus in panel A. Scale bar indicates 100 nm; original magnification ×30,000. C) Large cluster of putative polyomavirus virions. Scale bar indicates 250 nm; original magnification ×20,000.

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