Pictured here is the high-resolution structure of the immature Zika virus. It was published in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology by a team from Purdue University in the US.
Research into a virus’ structure provides insights important to the development of effective antiviral treatments and vaccines.
Originally published by Cosmos as Zika portrait
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