STUDIES ON SUSCEPTIBILITY OF OCULAR TISSUES TO COWPOX VIRUS

Abstract

Cowpox virus was inoculated into eyeballs of domestic rabbits, inclusion bodies were noted in the cell cytoplasm of the cornea (epithelium, cytoplasm, endothelium); iris (epithelium, endothelium); lens epithelium and the retina (brain layer). These tissues were shown to be infected with the cowpox virus by means of the fluorescent antibody method and autoradiography.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 05, 1961
Accession Number
AD0840321

Entities

People

  • Nobuko Fujita

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acids
  • Buffers (Chemistry)
  • Cells
  • Cellular Structures
  • Cornea
  • Cytoplasm
  • Epithelial Cells
  • Epithelium
  • Eye
  • Eye Diseases
  • Fluorescence
  • Infection
  • Poxviridae Infections
  • Stromal Cells
  • Tissues
  • Viruses
  • Wound Infections

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Medicine

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  • Immunology
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