KROK 1 2012 – Question 81 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology

The contents of vesicles that appeared on the mucous membrane of a patient with variola was sent to a virological laboratory. Which of the listed changes were revealed during the smear microscopy?

  1. A. Babes-Ernst bodies
  2. B. Paschen bodies
  3. C. Guarnieri bodies
  4. D. Babes-Negri bodies
  5. E. Syncytium
Hint

Ask what a virologist can see in a direct smear of vesicle fluid, and how that differs from what is seen inside cells in stained tissue sections.

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