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Image: Smallpox CAM

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Description: A photograph revealing smallpox virus pocks on the chorioallantoic membrane of a developing embryonic chick. Poxviruses are very easy to isolate, and will grow in a variety of cell cultures, producing characteristic hemorrhagic pocks on the chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM).
Title: Smallpox CAM
Credit: http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/details.asp (ID# 2542)
Author: CDC/Dr. David Kirsh
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