
Single Rickettsia tsutsugamushi free within the cytoplasm of a mouse brain capillary endothelial cell.

Infected cell (right) shows hypertrophy while the uninfected adjacent endothelial cell (left) remains thin and flat. Transmission electron micrograph.
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