Lv. Kolesnikova et al., ULTRASTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF PATHOLOGICAL SHIFTS IN FERRETS WITH EXPERIMENTAL CANINE-DISTEMPER, Voprosy virusologii, 41(1), 1996, pp. 19-21
Morphologic study of the lungs, liver, spleen, and kidneys of ferrets
infected with canine distemper virus has been carried out. Electron mi
croscopy revealed virus reproduction in bronchial epithelial cells, ty
pes I and II alveolocytes, bile duct epitheliocytes, and hepatocytes.
Mononuclear phagocyte system cells infected with the virus were found
in all the examined organs. The most expressed pathological changes we
re observed in the lungs.