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Cowdry bodies are eosinophilic or basophilic^[1] nuclear inclusions composed of nucleic acid and protein seen in cells infected with Herpes simplex virus, Varicella-zoster virus, and Cytomegalovirus. They are named after Edmund Cowdry.

There are two types of intranuclear Cowdry bodies:

Type A (as seen in herpes simplex and VZV) ^[2]
Type B (as seen in infection with poliovirus and CMV), though it may seem that this is an antiquated and perhaps illusory type.^[3]

Light microscopy is used for detection of Cowdry bodies.

References

^ "Cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis". www.pathologyoutlines.com. Retrieved 2019-04-11.

^ "Herpes Group (Cytomegalovirus, Herpes simplex, Varicella/Zoster, Epstein-Barr)". Retrieved 2009-01-02.

^ "Neuropathology blog: Whither the Illusory Cowdry B Inclusion of Polio?". 13 November 2008.

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