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Rubivirus‡

Togaviridae

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Virion

Morphology:

icosahedral

Envelope:

yes

Diameter (nm):

60

Length (nm):

-

Structural components:

core, capsid, envelope

Buoyant density (g/mL):

1.17–1.20

Additional information:

envelope is studded with surface projections, 5–8 nm in length
Rubella virus. Fig. 1
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An ultrathin section of a mature virion within an intracytoplasmic vacuole. Length of bar (nm): 100. (contributed by Jia-Yee Lee and John Marshall)

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Patholgy and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, 950 West 28th Ave, V5Z 4H4, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Shirley Gillam Ph.D.

  2. Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory, WHO Collaborating Centres for Virus Reference and Research, and Biosafety, Locked Bag 815, 3053, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia

    Jia-Yee Lee Ph.D.

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  1. Shirley Gillam Ph.D.
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Correspondence to Shirley Gillam Ph.D. .

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    Christian Tidona

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Gillam, S., Lee, JY. (2011). Rubivirus‡ . In: Tidona, C., Darai, G. (eds) The Springer Index of Viruses. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-95919-1_305

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