Guarnieri bodies

Guar·ni·er·i bod·ies

(gwahr-nē-ār'ē), intracytoplasmic acidophilic inclusion bodies observed in epithelial cells in variola (smallpox) and vaccinia infections; include aggregations of Paschen bodies or virus particles.

Guarnieri,

Giuseppi, Italian physician, 1856-1918. Guarnieri bodies - intracytoplasmic acidophilic inclusion bodies observed in epithelial cells in smallpox and vaccinia infections, and which include aggregations of Paschen bodies or virus particles.Guarnieri gelatin agar - a type of agar used for the cultivation of Streptococcus pneumoniae.