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Figure 1. Lesions and antigen distribution of Bagaza virus
(BAGV) and Plasmodium spp. in partridges. A) Liver of
greenish-black color presenting hepatomegaly. B) Pale kidneys with
nephromegaly. C) Paleness of pectoral muscles. D) Perivascular and
parenchymal infiltrate of lymphoplasmacytic and histiocytic inflammatory
cells in liver (light grey arrows), associated to abundant phanerozoites
inside hepatic cells and sinusoids (inset, light grey arrowheads). E)
Severe necrosis and lymphoplasmacytic and histiocytic infiltrates in
renal tubules and glomeruli (*). F) Pectoral muscle presenting necrotic
foci along with mononuclear and polymorphonuclear infiltrated cells (*)
and degeneration of muscular fibers (black arrows). G) Kupffer cells and
hepatocytes in the liver positive to BAGV by immunohistochemistry (black
arrowheads). H) Macrophages, lymphocytes and tubular epithelial cells
inside a necrotic focus in the kidney showing BAGV immunolabeling (black
arrowheads). I) Immunopositive phanerozoites of Plasmodium spp.
in necrotic and inflammatory cells present in pectoral muscle (gray
arrowheads).
Figure 2 . Phylogenetic tree based on NS5 fragment sequences of
Bagaza virus identified in red-legged partridges in the present study
(marked with circles) compared with other related sequences from
different countries.
Figure 1.