Accession Number:

AD0840321

Title:

STUDIES ON SUSCEPTIBILITY OF OCULAR TISSUES TO COWPOX VIRUS

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Fujita, Nobuko

Report Date:

1961-05-05

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

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.

Descriptors:

• *VIRUS DISEASES
• JAPAN
• TRANSLATIONS
• EYE
• CELL STRUCTURE
• AUTORADIOGRAPHY
• FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUES
• POX VIRUSES

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research
• Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE