Rabies Virus Images

Neuron -- A large neuron (a Purkinge cell of the cerebellum) in the brain of a rabies-infected cow. The rabies virus proteins are disclosed as the yellow-green stained bodies in the cytoplasm of the cell, made visible in this photomicrograph (300 times magnification) by an immunofluorescence staining procedure.

Salivory Gland -- Photomicrograph of a frozen section (8 micron thickness) of submaxilary salivary gland of rabies-infected raccoon (Procyon lotor), 300x magnification, direct immunofluorescence staining. Bright green fluorescing areas are accumulations of rabies virus proteins in cytoplasm of saliva-secreting cells. Note rabies virus disclosed in center of the spherical structure which is a cross-section of a intralobular duct that carries saliva.

Rabies Virus -- Negatively stained rabies virus seen by transmission electron microscopy.

Formalin-fixed Tissue -- Photomicrograph of a section (4 micron thickness) of formalin-fixed, parafin-imbedded cerebellum of the brain of a rabies-infected raccoon, 160x magnification. Rabies virus proteins are stained red-brown by an avidin-biotin amplified immunoperoxidase method. Note numerous, large intracytoplasmic inclusions in the large neuron (Purkinge cell) and along its extensive network of dendrites.