Rabies encephalitis, Negri bodies within the cytoplasm of cerebellar Purkinje cell neurons.

Last updated on Friday, March 27 2009 by gliageek

Rabies encephalitis, Negri bodies within the cytoplasm of cerebellar Purkinje cell neurons.

Rabies virus infection produces characteristic cytoplasmic viral inclusionssmooth appearing eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions within cerebellar Purkinje cells and hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Image courtesy of CDC/ Dr. Makonnen Fekadu. This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image.

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Negri Bodies - Labeled
Characteristic Negri bodies are present within a Purkinje cell of the cerebellum in this patient who died of rabies.The Negri bodies are circled in green.