{"id":15267,"date":"2023-07-04T09:25:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T09:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/the-bmj-article\/where-do-viruses-hide-in-the-human-body\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T17:02:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T17:02:05","slug":"where-do-viruses-hide-in-the-human-body","status":"publish","type":"the-bmj-article","link":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/the-bmj-article\/where-do-viruses-hide-in-the-human-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Where do viruses hide in the human body?"},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"content_type":[28],"editorial_panel":[],"channel_page":[43],"class_list":["post-15267","the-bmj-article","type-the-bmj-article","status-publish","hentry","article-type-feature","channel-page-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"meta_box":{"the_bmj_article-url":"\/content\/382\/bmj.p1156","the_bmj_article-description":"The question of how SARS-CoV-2 persists in the body has refocused scientists on the question of where viruses persist in humans more generally","the_bmj_article-the_bmj_article_image":[{"width":150,"height":150,"file":"2023\/07\/c0481217-coronavirus_particles_sem.jpg","filesize":362184,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"c0481217-coronavirus_particles_sem-300x194.jpg","width":300,"height":194,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":37490,"url":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/c0481217-coronavirus_particles_sem-300x194.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"c0481217-coronavirus_particles_sem-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":23769,"url":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/c0481217-coronavirus_particles_sem-150x150.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"EYE OF SCIENCE\/SCIENCE PHOTO LIB","camera":"","caption":"Coronavirus particles. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a cluster of coronavirus particles. Different strains of coronavirus are responsible for diseases such as the common cold, gastroenteritis and SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). A new coronavirus (2019-CoV) emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The virus causes a mild respiratory illness that can develop into pneumonia and be fatal in some cases. The coronaviruses take their name from their crown (corona) of surface proteins (green), which are used to attach and penetrate their host cells. Once inside the cells, the particles use the cells' machinery to make more copies of the virus. Magnification: x95,000 when printed 10 centimetres high.","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"EYE OF SCIENCE\/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Coronavirus particles, SEM","orientation":"1","keywords":["2019-cov","biology","blue","background","coloured","common","cold","corona","virus","coronavirus","disease","medical","medicine","microbiology","no-one","nobody","particle","particles","pathogen","sars","scanning","electron","micrograph","sem","severe","acute","respiratory","syndrome","viral","virion","virions","virology","virus","viruses","rna","virus"]},"ID":"15274","name":"c0481217-coronavirus_particles_sem.jpg","path":"\/dom34810\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/c0481217-coronavirus_particles_sem.jpg","url":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/c0481217-coronavirus_particles_sem-150x150.jpg","full_url":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/c0481217-coronavirus_particles_sem.jpg","title":"Coronavirus particles, SEM","caption":"Coronavirus particles. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a cluster of coronavirus particles. Different strains of coronavirus are responsible for diseases such as the common cold, gastroenteritis and SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). A new coronavirus (2019-CoV) emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The virus causes a mild respiratory illness that can develop into pneumonia and be fatal in some cases. The coronaviruses take their name from their crown (corona) of surface proteins (green), which are used to attach and penetrate their host cells. Once inside the cells, the particles use the cells' machinery to make more copies of the virus. Magnification: x95,000 when printed 10 centimetres high.","description":"","alt":"SEM image of coronavirus particles","srcset":false}],"the_bmj_article-related_articles":[{"article_type":"","related_article_title":"","related_article_url":""}],"the_bmj_article-journal_name":""},"head_tags":[{"tag":"title","content":"Where do viruses hide in the human body? | The BMJ"},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"robots","content":"max-image-preview:large"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"canonical","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/the-bmj-article\/where-do-viruses-hide-in-the-human-body\/"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"generator","content":"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.6.2"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:locale","content":"en_GB"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:site_name","content":"The BMJ | The BMJ: leading general medical journal. Research. Education. Comment"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:type","content":"article"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:title","content":"Where do viruses hide in the human body? | The BMJ"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:url","content":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/the-bmj-article\/where-do-viruses-hide-in-the-human-body\/"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"article:published_time","content":"2023-07-04T09:25:46+00:00"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"article:modified_time","content":"2023-07-10T17:02:05+00:00"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"twitter:card","content":"summary"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"twitter:title","content":"Where do viruses hide in the human body? | The BMJ"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"application\/rss+xml","title":"The BMJ \u00bb Feed","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/feed\/"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"application\/rss+xml","title":"The BMJ \u00bb Comments Feed","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/comments\/feed\/"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"alternate","title":"oEmbed (JSON)","type":"application\/json+oembed","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/oembed\/1.0\/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbmj-chicken.bmj.com%2Fthebmj%2Fthe-bmj-article%2Fwhere-do-viruses-hide-in-the-human-body%2F"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"alternate","title":"oEmbed (XML)","type":"text\/xml+oembed","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/oembed\/1.0\/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbmj-chicken.bmj.com%2Fthebmj%2Fthe-bmj-article%2Fwhere-do-viruses-hide-in-the-human-body%2F&format=xml"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"alternate","title":"JSON","type":"application\/json","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/the-bmj-article\/15267"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"EditURI","type":"application\/rsd+xml","title":"RSD","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/xmlrpc.php?rsd"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"generator","content":"WordPress 6.9.4"}},{"tag":"link","attributes":{"rel":"shortlink","href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/?p=15267"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:locale","content":"en_GB"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:site_name","content":"The BMJ"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:title","content":"Where do viruses hide in the human body?"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:url","content":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/the-bmj-article\/where-do-viruses-hide-in-the-human-body\/"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:type","content":"article"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"property":"og:description","content":"The BMJ: leading general medical journal. Research. Education. Comment"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"twitter:title","content":"Where do viruses hide in the human body?"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"twitter:url","content":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/the-bmj-article\/where-do-viruses-hide-in-the-human-body\/"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"twitter:description","content":"The BMJ: leading general medical journal. Research. Education. Comment"}},{"tag":"meta","attributes":{"name":"twitter:card","content":"summary_large_image"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/the-bmj-article\/15267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/the-bmj-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/the-bmj-article"}],"type":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/the-bmj-article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15267"},{"taxonomy":"article-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_type?post=15267"},{"taxonomy":"editorial-panel","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/editorial_panel?post=15267"},{"taxonomy":"channel-page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmj-chicken.bmj.com\/thebmj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/channel_page?post=15267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}