viral inclusion

Etiology

Nuclear inclusion bodies:

• granular, hyaline or amorphous (Cowdry type A)
  • Herpes simplex
  • yellow fever
• Cowdry type B
  • Rift Valley fever
  • poliomyelitis

Cytoplasmic inclusion bodies:

• acidophilic
  • variola
  • vaccinia
  • 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.

More general terms

• inclusion body

More specific terms

• molluscum body; Henderson-Patterson body
• owl's eye inclusion