Downie bodies

Downie bodies are a type of inclusion body associated with cowpox.^[1]

They are also known as a type of A-type inclusion.^[2]

It should not be confused with the term "Downey bodies", which refers to a type of T cell observed in infectious mononucleosis.^[3]

References

↑ Riedel S (January 2005). "Smallpox and biological warfare: a disease revisited". Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 18 (1): 13–20. PMC 1200695. PMID 16200143.
↑ Cheville, Norman F. (1975). Cytopathology in Viral Diseases (Monographs in Virology). S.Karger AG. p. 4. ISBN 3-8055-2203-7.
↑ Shahzad Raja (2007). Access to Surgery : 500 Single Best Answer Questions in General and Systemic Pathology. PasTest. p. 325. ISBN 1-905635-36-2. External link in |publisher= (help)

Eponymous medical signs for infectious disease

Bacterial disease	syphilis Hutchinson's teeth Hutchinson's triad Abelin reaction Westphal's sign Clutton's joints Dennie-Marfan syndrome

Viral disease	measles Koplik's spots Warthin-Finkeldey cell yellow fever Councilman body Tzanck test Inclusion bodies: poxvirus Downie bodies/A Guarnieri bodies/B rabies Negri bodies Cowdry bodies Liebermeister's rule Faget sign

Parasitic disease	Chagas disease (Romana's sign) African trypanosomiasis (Winterbottom's sign) malaria (Schüffner's dots)

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