Henipah Viruses

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Fig. 14.1 Nipah virus. (a) Pulmonary vessels showing mild vasculitis and a multinucleated endothelial syncytium. (b) Interstitial pneumonitis. Note small vessel lined by a multinucleated endothelial cell. (c) Interstitial pneumonitis…

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Measles Virus

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Fig. 8.1 Ultrastructure of the measles virus showing a spherical, enveloped virion with a non-segmented negative-stranded RNA genome (With permission from Lancet [Reproduced with permission of Exp. Rev. Mol. Med…

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SV40 and the Lung

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Fig. 22.1 Electron photomicrograph showing cell infected with SV40 virus. Depicted is the nucleus of the cell packed with paracrystalline arrays of viruses, seen here as approximately 40 nm dark…

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Human Metapneumovirus

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Fig. 12.1 (a) hMPV infection. Note severe bronchiolitis with ulcerated bronchiolar epithelium. (b) Higher power showing accumulation of intra-alveolar macrophages. (c) Note pulmonary congestion and mild interstitial lymphocytic inflammation. (d)…

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Varicella Zoster Virus

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Fig. 7.1 Varicella virus. Round to hexagonal or “stop sign”-shaped, targetoid viral particles, cell culture media. Original magnification × 57000 (Courtesy of Dr. Richard Kradin and Dr. William Taylor, with…

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Respiratory Syncytial Virus

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Fig. 11.1 Panel A: Respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia. Note cuff-like intense bronchiolar and peribronchiolar inflammatory reaction. Hematoxylin and eosin. Panel B: Same bronchiole illustrated in Panel A showing RSV antigen….

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Taxonomy

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A basic assumption for the establishment of such a hierarchy assumes that all biological entities have evolved from a single common cellular life-form. Different biological entities have evolved as a…

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Lung Defenses

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Fig. 2.1 Antiviral action of interferon: Interferon (IFN) synthesis and release are often induced by a virus infection when cellular sensors recognize their pathogen-associated molecular patterns such as double-stranded RNA…

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