Electron-microscopic study of the relationship between influenza a virus (H3N2) and human peripheral blood leukocytes
Stopchanskaia, A.G.; Novitskiĭ, V.I.; Oleĭnik, G.I.; Prilutskaia, N.I.
Voprosy Virusologii 4: 422-427
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0507-4088 PMID: 749339 Document Number: 124956
The electron microscopic examinations of formed elements of human peripheral blood infected with a freshly isolated A/Sev/76 virus strain and vaccine A/Victoria/36/72 virus demonstrated that virions of both strains adsorbed on neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, thrombocytes and penetrated into the cells by phagocytosis and viropexis; most virus was concentrated in neutrophils and thrombocytes.