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PREVIOUS studies1 of tissue sections with the electron microscope have shown masses of particles having the dimensions of the elementary bodies of influenza virus associated with infected cells. These particles have been the expected mixture of spheres and rods with diameters of c. 100 mµ As seen in the sections, they have seemed to be developing out from, rather than within, cells. This manner of growth and the ease with which it can be observed make influenza-diseased tissues one of the more fruitful objects for the study of how viruses grow.
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WYCKOFF, R. Electron Microscopy of Chick Embryo Membrane infected with PR-8 Influenza. Nature 168, 651–652 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168651a0
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