Orthopoxvirus inclusion bodies

Orthopoxvirus inclusion bodies are aggregates of stainable protein produced by poxvirus virions in the cell nuclei and/or cytoplasm of epithelial cells in humans. They are important as sites of viral replication.[1][2]

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  2. ^ Fenner, F., Witte, K.R., and Dumbell, K.R. The Orthopoxviruses. Academic Press, San Diego, 1989.