Fig. 3. Acute lung damage caused by MASCp36 infection in mice.
a Gross necropsy and hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining of lung sections from male BALB/c mice (9-month-old) infected with 1200 PFU of MASCp36. Yellow arrow indicates desquamative epithelial cells in bronchiole tubes, cyan arrow indicates edema around vessels, and blue arrow indicates hemorrhage. Representative images are shown (n = 3 per group). b Microscopic observation of lungs showing foamy cells, desquamative epithelial cells, polykaryocytes, fibrin plugs, hyaline membrane, and viral inclusion body (n = 3 per group). c Masson’s trichrome staining of lung sections from male BALB/c mice (9-month-old) infected with 120 PFU of MASCp36 (n = 5 per group) at 7 dpi. Framed areas are shown adjacently at higher magnification.