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. 2014 Jun 27:183–202. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-253055-5.50014-1

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Copyright © 1987 ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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PLATE 10-2 — Scanning electron and light micrographs of intestinal tissues from a gnotobiotic calf sacrificed 0.5 hour after onset of rotavirus diarrhea. (A) Proximal small intestine with shortened villi and a denuded villus tip (second from right) (H and E, ×112). (B) Appearance of same level of intestine as in (A) depicting denuded villi by scanning electron microscopy (×170). (C) Distal small intestine with normal vacuolated epithelial cells and normal villi (H and E, × 70). (D) Same area as in (C) seen by scanning electron microscopy. Epithelial cells appear round and protruding (×200).

[From C. A. Mebus et al., Vet. Pathol. 14, 273 (1977); and A. Z. Kapikian and R. M. Chanock, In “Virology” (B. N. Fields et al., eds.), Raven Press, New York; Courtesy A. Z. Kapikian.]

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