Keywords: Hhv-6 (1).jpg An electron micrograph of HHV-6 also includes a labeled insert of the mature virus particle The HHV-6 is a double stranded DNA virus of the herpes family The virus particles shown here have matured and are then released from the lymphocyte which has been infected The owl's eye appearance of the virus particles is characteristic of the herpes family The HHV-6 or the human herpes virus-6 was thought to infect b-cells and was at one time called HBLV human b-lymphotropic virus It is now known to infect t-cells and is the cause of the childhood rash roseola and some cases of mononucleosis Topics/Categories Cells or Tissue Abnormal Cells or Tissue Type Color Photo Source Laboratory Of Tumor Cell Biology Bernard Kramarsky Photographer 2257 1986-10 Reuse Restrictions None - This image is in the public domain and can be freely reused Please credit the source and/or author listed above Bernard Kramarsky Photographer PD-USGov-HHS-NIH Media from National Cancer Institute Visuals Online Images uploaded by Fæ Human herpesvirus 6 |