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Staining With Methylene Blue Eosin

Staining with methylene blue-Eosin
This stain was described by Man and is particularly useful for staining the specimens for diagnosis of rabbies. Negri bodies appear red, while nuclei and central granules of Negri bodies appear blue. The schedule for staining is as follows. Fix the tissue in Bouin's fluid (S12) or Zenker's fluid (S10) and cut paraffin sections by usual way.

Bring paraffin sections down to water removing the mercuric chloride precipitates. Stain the sections with Mann's methylene blue-Eosin stain (S60) for 12 hours at 370C. Rinse with water and differentiate under microscope in 70% ethanol containing 0.5% orange-G. In modified method given by Ford, sections are treated for 5 seconds with formalin after staining. Dehydrate the sections in alcohol, clear in xylene and mount in Canada balsam.

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