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Comment
. 2020 Sep;31(9):2223-2224.
doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020050755. Epub 2020 Jul 10.

Caution in Identifying Coronaviruses by Electron Microscopy

Sarah E Miller  1 , Cynthia S Goldsmith  2
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Caution in Identifying Coronaviruses by Electron Microscopy

Sarah E Miller et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; clathrin-coated vesicles; electron microscopy; multivesicular bodies.

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Figure 1.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 isolate grown in cell culture showing numerous spherical viral particles (arrows) that are in the cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum/Golgi complex area of the cell. Note the black dots on the interior of the particles, which are cross-sections through the viral nucleocapsid. Scale bar: 400 nm.
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  • Authors' Reply.
    Farkash EA, Wilson AM, Jentzen JM. Farkash EA, et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Sep;31(9):2225-2226. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020060847. Epub 2020 Aug 12. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020. PMID: 32792369 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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