Marennikova S S
Bull World Health Organ. 1979;57(3):461-4.
Data are presented from serological and virological investigations of natural and experimental infections, in rodents, with different poxviruses. The demonstration of poxvirus antibodies (virus neutralizing antibodies, antihaemagglutinins, and precipitins) in the kidneys and/or lungs of rodents from Europe and Africa, and the isolation of poxviruses from them, all indicate that rodents may be poxvirus carriers. Isolates from rodents differed in their properties. Some, from Turkmenistan rodents or from white rats caught near Moscow, appeared to be very close to cowpox virus, while others (from Zaire rodents) were identical to variola-like (whitepox) viruses found earlier in monkeys in the same region. The results suggest that rodents that carry the virus closely similar to cowpox virus might be a source of infection for other animal species.
本文展示了对啮齿动物自然感染和实验感染不同痘病毒的血清学和病毒学调查数据。在欧洲和非洲的啮齿动物的肾脏和/或肺中发现了痘病毒抗体（病毒中和抗体、抗血凝素和沉淀素），并从中分离出痘病毒，所有这些都表明啮齿动物可能是痘病毒携带者。从啮齿动物中分离出的病毒株特性各异。一些来自土库曼斯坦啮齿动物或莫斯科附近捕获的白鼠的病毒株，似乎与牛痘病毒非常接近，而其他一些（来自扎伊尔啮齿动物的病毒株）与该地区早些时候在猴子身上发现的类天花（白痘）病毒相同。结果表明，携带与牛痘病毒非常相似病毒的啮齿动物可能是其他动物物种的感染源。
