Marennikova S S, Shelukhina E M, Zhukova O A, Yanova N N, Loparev V N
Research Institute for Viral Preparations, Moscow, USSR.
J Hyg Epidemiol Microbiol Immunol. 1990;34(2):227-31.
Results are presented on virological examination conducted on WHO request of a Naples infant mummy with smallpox-like lesions. Electron microscopy of lesions confirmed the findings of Italian researchers: well-preserved virus-like structures, whose size and morphology were identical to those of orthopoxviruses have been revealed. It was shown that the virus in mummy skin had lost its viability. Viral antigenic activity could not be detected in EIA or RPHA, nor was determined its DNA in the test of DNA molecular hybridization.
应世界卫生组织要求，对一具带有天花样病变的那不勒斯婴儿木乃伊进行了病毒学检查，现将结果公布如下。对病变部位进行的电子显微镜检查证实了意大利研究人员的发现：已发现保存完好的病毒样结构，其大小和形态与正痘病毒相同。结果表明，木乃伊皮肤中的病毒已失去活性。在酶免疫分析（EIA）或反向被动血凝试验（RPHA）中未检测到病毒抗原活性，在DNA分子杂交试验中也未确定其DNA。
