TY - JOUR
T1 - Intraerythrocytic inclusion bodies in the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta from Madeira
AU - Eiras, J. C.
AU - Dellinger, T.
AU - Davies, A. J.
AU - Costa, G.
AU - Alves De Matos, A. P.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies were detected in the mature red blood cells of twenty juvenile loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, captured in Madeira. The bodies were mostly single, round to oval, frequently irregular in outline, and their diameter varied from 0.5 to 2.0μm. Most bodies were associated with small granular areas, often in the form of a tail or projection. In some cells, only granular areas were apparent. The nuclei of most erythrocytes were irregular in outline but degeneration of red blood cells was not observed. The identity of these intraerythrocytic structures is not clear but they may be viral or rickettsial in nature.
AB - Intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies were detected in the mature red blood cells of twenty juvenile loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, captured in Madeira. The bodies were mostly single, round to oval, frequently irregular in outline, and their diameter varied from 0.5 to 2.0μm. Most bodies were associated with small granular areas, often in the form of a tail or projection. In some cells, only granular areas were apparent. The nuclei of most erythrocytes were irregular in outline but degeneration of red blood cells was not observed. The identity of these intraerythrocytic structures is not clear but they may be viral or rickettsial in nature.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0025315400003015
DO - 10.1017/S0025315400003015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033671757
SN - 0025-3154
VL - 80
SP - 957
EP - 958
JO - Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
JF - Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
IS - 5
ER -