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An erythrocytic virus of the Brazilian tree-frog, Phrynohyas venulosa
A P de Matos1, I Paperna, R Lainson
1Pathologic Anatomy Department, Curry Cabral Infectious Diseases Hospital, Lisboa, Portugal.
Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
Blood erythrocytes of Brazilian tree-frogs, Phrynohyas venulosa were found to frequently contain single, small, densely staining inclusions. Electron microscopy showed these to be icosahedral viral particles which measured from 250-280 nm in diameter: they were devoid of an envelope, and thus differed from previously described viruses of frog erythrocytes. The infected erythrocytes lacked a crystalline body.