File:SARS-CoV-2 without background.png

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Summary

DescriptionSARS-CoV-2 without background.png	This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Date	30 January 2020
Source	This message is number 23312 in the Public Health Image Library (PHIL) of the CDC.
Author	Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM
Permission (Reusing this file)	This image is in the public domain, though not all PHIL images are.
Other versions	This file was derived from: SARS-CoV-2 (CDC-23312).png: SARS-CoV-2-CDC-23312.png SARS-CoV-2 (CDC-23311).png SARS-CoV-2 (CDC-23313).png

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current	03:24, 22 September 2021		1,958 × 1,966 (3.59 MB)	Iketsi	lossless compression
	23:31, 9 May 2021		1,958 × 1,966 (3.84 MB)	Dylsss	Reverted to version as of 01:04, 8 April 2021 (UTC): inaccurate; see Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive_83#Protected_file_revert_request
	08:48, 9 May 2021		1,956 × 1,958 (2.56 MB)	AureliaDragomir	Reverted to version as of 18:04, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
	01:04, 8 April 2021		1,958 × 1,966 (3.84 MB)	Veikk0.ma	Reverted to version as of 16:52, 22 January 2021 (UTC). Vandalism.
	18:04, 7 April 2021		1,956 × 1,958 (2.56 MB)	AureliaDragomir	Reverted to version as of 17:40, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
	16:52, 22 January 2021		1,958 × 1,966 (3.84 MB)	Achim55	Reverted to version as of 23:56, 2 March 2020 (UTC), req'd on AN
	17:40, 4 December 2020		1,956 × 1,958 (2.56 MB)	Rodhullandemu	Reverted to version as of 21:14, 14 October 2020 (UTC) vandalism
	17:24, 4 December 2020	No thumbnail	1,200 × 630 (291 KB)	Pedroluisupyd	21
	21:14, 14 October 2020		1,956 × 1,958 (2.56 MB)	AureliaDragomir	Reverted to version as of 13:01, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
	12:39, 7 October 2020		1,956 × 1,958 (4.02 MB)	AureliaDragomir	Reverted to version as of 20:39, 30 January 2020 (UTC)