First image of British virus strain captured

For the first time in the world, the Vector Center photographed the British strain of coronavirus. 

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A transmission electron microscope at 100,000 times magnification shows a rounded viral particle with a diameter of about 140 nanometers.The photograph also shows spicules of the virus, outgrowths on its surface about 20 nanometers long.

The virus particle (arrow) is rounded, somewhat pleomorphic in shape with a diameter of about 140 nm.with flask-like peplomers (spicules) typical of the coronavirus, about 20 nm long. 

Description of the snapshot

Scientists from "Vector" took a picture withinongoing study of the properties of this variant of the coronavirus. Experts are investigating the structural features of the "British" strain and its manifestation in cell cultures and experimental models using laboratory animals.

The department notes that mutations characteristic ofof the British strain of coronavirus, do not affect the effectiveness of the EpiVacCorona vaccine, which contains peptide antigens related to conservative regions of the viral protein not affected by the changes detected in the virus.

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