This electron microscopic (EM) image depicted a monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. It was a thin section image from of a human skin sample. On the left were mature, oval-shaped virus particles, and on the right were the crescents, and spherical particles of immature virions. An optimised and enhanced version of an image produced by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / credit CDC Goldsmith; 2003. False color rendering

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