Zytopathische Effekte des Virus auf menschliche epitheliale Zellen post infectionem. Im einzelnen wird auf die Zytoplasmaretraktion, auf die Kernpyknose, Pseudopodienentstehung und Zytolyse eingegangen. Trotz Infektion bleiben die Mitosen sichtbar.

The film shows the cythopathic changes of human epithelial cells (HEp-2) in tissue culture after infection with vesicular stomatitis virus. The virus infection initially causes retraction of the cytoplasm and minor pyknosis of the nucleus. Later on blister movements are seen, and extended filamentous protrusions of the cell membrane develop. These connect the remnants of the cell, which is shrinking increasingly, with the bottom of the culture vessel.