Cowdry bodies are eosinophilic or basophilic[1] nuclear inclusions composed of nucleic acid and protein seen in cells infected with Herpes simplex virus, Varicella-zoster virus, and Cytomegalovirus. They are named after Edmund Cowdry. There are two types of intranuclear Cowdry bodies:
Light microscopy is used for detection of Cowdry bodies.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowdry bodies.
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