Cowdry bodies
Cowdry bodies are eosinophilic nuclear inclusions composed of nucleic acid and protein seen in cells infected with Herpes simplex virus or Varicella-zoster virus.
There are two types of intranuclear Cowdry bodies:
- Type A (as seen in herpes infection) [2]
- Type B (as seen in infection with poliovirus), though it may seem that this is an antiquated and perhaps illusory type. [3]
References
- ^ Lakhan SE, Harle L (2008). "Fatal fulminant herpes simplex hepatitis secondary to tongue piercing in an immunocompetent adult: a case report". J Med Case Reports. 2: 356. doi:10.1186/1752-1947-2-356. PMC 2603042.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ "Herpes Group (Cytomegalovirus, Herpes simplex, Varicella/Zoster, Epstein-Barr)". Retrieved 2009-01-02.
- ^ http://stanford.wellsphere.com/brain-health-article/whiter-the-illusory-cowdry-b-inclusion-of-polio/491368
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