virion
noun
vi·ri·on
ˈvī-rē-ˌän 
ˈvir-ē-
ˈvir-ē-
: a complete virus particle that consists of an RNA or DNA core with a protein coat sometimes with external envelopes and that is the extracellular infectious form of a virus
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This 1980 transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology exhibited by three poxvirus, molluscum contagiosum virions.
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2023
Enlarge / An electron micrograph of a number of Marburg virions responsible for causing Marburg virus disease.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2023
The virus is not the virion.
—The Economist, 20 Aug. 2020
That helps distinguish it from 'coronavirus' (lowercase 'c'), which could mean an individual virus particle (what we biologists call a 'virion').
—Jv Chamary, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
There are three segments, Small (S), Medium (M), and Large (L), each of which encodes different aspects of the virion.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 3 June 2022
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a monkeypox virion, obtained from a sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak.
—Maria Cheng, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2022
Nonstructural proteins, on the other hand, are not a component of the virion particle itself.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 2 May 2022
Just last week, Anthony Fauci, director of the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disases at the National Institutes of Health, donated his personal 3-D model of the SARS-CoV-2 virion to the museum.
—Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2021
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2023
Enlarge / An electron micrograph of a number of Marburg virions responsible for causing Marburg virus disease.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2023
The virus is not the virion.
—The Economist, 20 Aug. 2020
That helps distinguish it from 'coronavirus' (lowercase 'c'), which could mean an individual virus particle (what we biologists call a 'virion').
—Jv Chamary, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
There are three segments, Small (S), Medium (M), and Large (L), each of which encodes different aspects of the virion.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 3 June 2022
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a monkeypox virion, obtained from a sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak.
—Maria Cheng, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2022
Nonstructural proteins, on the other hand, are not a component of the virion particle itself.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 2 May 2022
Just last week, Anthony Fauci, director of the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disases at the National Institutes of Health, donated his personal 3-D model of the SARS-CoV-2 virion to the museum.
—Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2021
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virion
noun
vi·ri·on
ˈvī-rē-ˌän
ˈvir-ē-
ˈvir-ē-
: a complete virus particle that consists of an RNA or DNA core with a protein coat sometimes with external envelopes and that is the extracellular infectious form of a virus
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