Comparison by electron microscopy of the Ntaya and Zika viruses
Reagan, R.L.; Brueckner, A.L.
Texas Reports on Biology and Medicine 11(2): 347-351
1953
ISSN/ISBN: 0040-4675 PMID: 13077401 Document Number: 3126
Studies by electron microscope of brains and spinal cords of mice infected with Ntaya fever virus show the virus to be cube shaped with a diameter of 80 niµ in comparison to the Zika virus which is spherical with a diameter of 40 mµ. These bodies could not be demonstrated in concentrated normal mice brains and spinal cords subjected to the same procedure of concentration and examination. The bodies of Ntaya virus resemble the West Nile virus bodies. The virus in the concentrated infectious material from Ntaya was confirmed to be Ntaya virus and the concentrated infectious material from Zika was also confirmed to be Zika virus.
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