Fig. 3
From: Route of Zika virus infection in Aedes aegypti by transmission electron microscopy
Transmission electron microscopy of mock and ZIKV infected ovaries from A. aegypti. In non-infected ovaries (A), asterisk marks the lumen of A. aegypti oviduct; (B) Chitin-like structure (cls) involved in A. aegypti egg formation was observed; (C) The same elongated electron-dense structures observed in the head tissue was present in the ovaries (arrow); Arrows in (D) point to vacuoles containing numerous virus particles, around the chitin-like structures; Most of these vacuoles displayed a detaching membrane of 20 nm in width (arrow) that seemed to contain the particles; E-F In other vacuoles, vesicles (arrow) seem to harbor the virus particles of 54 nm in diameter. Bars: (A) 2 μm; (B-D) 1 μm; (E) 200 nm; (F) 500 nm