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Viral Infections, Cytological Findings

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Introduction

Definition

Viral infections are among the most common infections in humans. They are small intracellular organisms, so it is impossible to identify them visually by light microscopes. Viral infections can be suspected if specific cytopathic effects are noticed on the infected cells. In some viral infections cellular changes may have typical appearance, so cytological diagnosis of the viral infection can be leading one in confirming a final diagnosis (Kocjan et al. 2013; Gray and Kocjan 2010).

Epidemiology

The epidemiology of infectious disease is concerned with the circumstances under which both infections and disease occur in a population and the factors that influence their frequency, spread, and distribution. It is critical to distinguish between infection and disease because the factors that govern their occurrence may be diferent and because infection without disease is common with many viruses (Kaslow et al. 2014).

Diagnosis

Methods used in diagnostic virology are...

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  1. Department of Clinical Cytology and Cytogenetics, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia

    Ika Kardum-Skelin, Ines Krivak Bolanca, Gordana Kaic & Biljana Jelic Puskaric

  2. School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Ika Kardum-Skelin

  3. Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia

    Ika Kardum-Skelin

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Kardum-Skelin, I., Krivak Bolanca, I., Kaic, G., Jelic Puskaric, B. (2016). Viral Infections, Cytological Findings. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_4482-1

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