West Nile virus particle, molecular model. This virus consists of an RNA (ribonucleic acid) core of genetic material, surrounded by a nucleocapsid (re

---

West Nile virus particle, molecular model. This virus consists of an RNA (ribonucleic acid) core of genetic material, surrounded by a nucleocapsid (red, smooth), which is enclosed in an outer protein envelope (multicoloured). Set in the envelope are the E protein (red and yellow trimers), which has a role in the initial attachment of the virus to a host cell, and the M protein (black), which has a role in the formation of the virus particle. West Nile Virus is an arbovirus (arthropod-borne virus) and is transmitted to humans and other mammals from infected birds through the bite of a mosquito vector. Symptoms can range from a mild fever to spontaneous bleeding of the skin and circulatory failure, which are often fatal.

---

Size: 4016px × 4462px
Photo credit: © RAMON ANDRADE 3DCIENCIA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: arbovirus, arthropod, arthropod-borne, artwork, background, biological, biology, borne, encephalitis, envelope, fever, flaviviridae, flavivirus, illustration, meningitis, microbiological, microbiology, model, molecular, molecule, mosquito, mosquito-borne, nile, particle, particles, pathogen, proteins, vector, vector-borne, virion, virions, virology, virus, west, white, wnv, zoonosis, zoonotic