
IMPORTANT - HCV picture - IMPORTANT - Please read.
**IMPORTANT**
Many people have been asking about the HCV.jpg of the virus particle. The
picture was taken from the following paper:
JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY,
May 1998, p. 3827-3836 Vol. 72, No. 5
Copyright ? 1998, American Society for Microbiology
Hepatitis C Virus Structural Proteins Assemble into
Viruslike Particles in Insect Cells
THOMAS F. BAUMERT,1 SUSUMU ITO,2 DAVID T. WONG,3 AND T. JAKE LIANG 1 *
Liver Diseases Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1 ; Department of Neurobiology and Department of
Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, Massachusetts 02115 2 ; and Division of Gastroenterology,
Department of Medicine,
Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
The specifics of the figure (as it appears within the paper):
Higher magnification of viruslike particles (closed arrows) seen in
BVHCV.S-infected cells. Bar, 40 nm.
****HOWEVER...everyone should be aware of the following:
My distribution of the picture was intended for PERSONAL USE ONLY.
If people intend to use the figure for {*filter*}presentation purposes (ie.
giving a talk) the paper above MUST be cited.
If it is your intention to use the figure for a publication (print or
electronic) you must be aware of the following:
The restrictions in use of figures derived from professional journals are
applied by the body administering the journal (in this case the American
Society for Microbiology) and the corresponding author (in this case T.
Jake Liang).
Use of these pictures in books/newspapers/websites without obtaining
permission from the proper authorities may constitute an infringement of
copyright and thus subject to legal recourse.
Please remove the figure IMMEDIATELY if you are using it in this manner
and get the permission of the ASM and author.
Possession of the paper in hardcopy/e-journal format for PERSONAL
consumption should not contravene copyright because all the
information/citations are still contained within.
A pdf file (for personal consumption) of the journal article can be found
at the following URL:
http://www.***.com/
then just search the past issues.
Karl