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Halberstädter-Prowazek bodies
Also known as:
Prowazek's cell inclusions
Prowazek Einschlusskörperchen (German)
Prowazek Körperchen (German)
Synonyms:
Chlamydia trachomatis, molluscum contagiosum, trachoma bodies.
Associated persons:
Ludwig Halberstädter
Stanislaus Josef Mathias von Prowazek, Edler von Lanow
Description:
Round to oval cytoplasmic inclusion bodies near the nuclei of conjunctival epithelial cells in trachoma.
Bibliography:
- L. Halberstädter and S. von Prowazek:
Über Zelleinschlüsse parasitärer Natur beim Trachom.
Arbeiten aus dem Kaiserlichen Gesundheitsamte, Berlin, 1907, 26: 44-47.
- L. Halberstädter and S. Prowazek:
Zur Aetiologie des Trachoms.
Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift, August 1907, 33: 1285.1287.
We thank Rudolf Kleinert, Bad reichenhall, Germany, for information submitted.
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