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viral inclusion
Etiology:
Nuclear inclusion bodies:
1) granular, hyaline or amorphous (Cowdry type A)
a) Herpes simplex
b) yellow fever
2) Cowdry type B
a) Rift Valley fever
b) poliomyelitis
Cytoplasmic inclusion bodies:
- acidophilic
a) variola
b) vaccinia
c) rabies
Laboratory:
- mannose eosin methylene blue & Giemsa stain render inclusion bodies visible by light microscopy
- viral inclusion bodies in specimen
* Inclusion bodies may contain infectious viral particles.
Specific
molluscum body; Henderson-Patterson body
owl's eye inclusion
General
inclusion body
References
Loinc