Ancient Flu
by Russell Kightley
Title
Ancient Flu
Artist
Russell Kightley
Medium
Digital Art
Description
Vintage-style image of an influenza virus particle, with the outer layers cut away to reveal the genetic material. Flu viruses are covered by spikes of Haemagglutinin (slender knob-like projections) and Neuraminidase (the squarish looking projections), hence the H and N names, such as H5N1. Flu viruses have a segmented genome which can get jumbled up during replication (gene mixing). This allows different strains to easily form from existing types. Flu occurs in seasonal epidemics and periodically as major pandemics.
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June 30th, 2020
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