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cytopathic effect

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cytopathic effect [¦sīd·ə¦path·ik i‚fekt]
(cell and molecular biology)
A change in the microscopic appearance of cells in a culture after being infected with a virus.


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When complete characteristic enteroviral cytopathic effect (CPE) had been obtained, the infected cells were harvested and kept frozen (-20[degrees]C) until typing.
Instead, histopathology of specimens taken from the left piriform sinus, left aryepiglottic fold, left vallecula, and left tonsillar pillar demonstrated a viral cytopathic effect and necrosis consistent with HSV infection.
 
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