FIG 8.

Inclusions were evident in infected boa constrictor brains. Images of hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained brain sections from the indicated boa constrictors are shown. Infected boa constrictors (boas G and H) had numerous, brightly eosinophilic, cytoplasmic viral inclusion bodies (arrowheads) within neuronal cell bodies and glial cells of the brain. Similar inclusions were found within cells of nearly every organ examined. No inflammation was associated with the inclusions. The uninfected boa constrictor (boa I) did not have inclusions. (Insets) Magnified views of the boxed regions. Bars = 50 μm.