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DESPITE the prevalence of varicella and herpes zoster, little information is available concerning the infective agents themselves, since susceptible experimental animals providing adequate quantities of the viruses have not been found. Optical microscopical observations on the morphology and size of stained varicella virus have been made by Aragão1, Paschen2, Amies3 and, more recently, by van Rooyen and Illingworth4. The last-named workers describe the infective agent as having a diameter of 1,250-1,750 A., and as being appreciably smaller than the elementary bodies of vaccinia and variola. Particles of the size stated are at the limit of resolution of the optical microscope, so little information is available concerning the elementary body itself.
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FARRANT, J., O'CONNOR, J. Elementary Bodies of Varicella and Herpes Zoster. Nature 163, 260–261 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163260a0
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