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First Photos of Avian Flu Virus

Posted by Hemos on from the learn-more-about-it dept.

gobexe writes "The first high-resolution close-up photographs of the H5N1 avian flu virus to be taken by a scanning electro microscope appeared in the daily "Dagens Nyeter" on Sunday, in what the newspaper said was a world exclusive."

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  1. Re:From the article by richie2000 · · Score: 3, Informative
    "The photographer Lennart Nilsson has tried for six months to obtain the virus H5N1 which causes the lethal avian flu. But it has been very hard."

    Oh, and the newspaper is called "Dagens Nyheter", literally "Daily News".

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    Money for nothing, pix for free
  2. Translation of Swedish Comments in the Flash file by Mad+Scientist+In+Tra · · Score: 4, Informative

    Quick and rough translation of the Swedish commentary in the Flash graphics

    Title screen) Viruses attack: here a cell is killed by the bird flu.

    1) Viruses (blue) attacking a healthy cell.

    2) When the viruses have managed to enter the cell, they occupy the whole cell machinery. The cell is forced to produce new viruses. They emanate from the surface of the host cell and begin their hunt for new healthy cells to kidnap.

    3) A single cell can be forced to produce thousands of new viruses.

    4) After a couple of days the host cell dies - exhausted by the virus production.