A team of Brazilian researchers have captured the exact moment COVID-19 virus infects a cell, with the use of a powerful electron microscope.
Experts from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil captured the pictures when they were studying the ways the coronavirus replicates and spreads.?
In the image below coronavirus particles are attempting to infect and enter the cytoplasm of the cell.
In a series of images one can spot multiple particles of the coronavirus attempting to enter a cell to finally being able to do so. The researchers were able to capture these images using a tool that helps them to magnify objects up to two million times their normal size.?
The Brazilian research institution, Fiocruz, said the cells used in the study were from the African green monkey - not from humans.?
In the image below, Sars-Cov-2 is beginning the process of infecting a cell.
?According to the institution cells cultures from the African green monkey, a species of primate found in Sudan and Ethiopia, are used in laboratory tests quite often.??
In the image below the virus particles have successfully entered the cell.?
?These studies are important to understand the behavior of coronavirus so that a vaccine for it can be discovered as soon as possible.?