Baxby D, Shackleton W B, Wheeler J, Turner A
Arch Virol. 1979;61(4):337-40. doi: 10.1007/BF01315021.
Poxviruses isolated from captive carnivores in Russia (Moscow virus) and elephants in Germany (elephant virus) were very closely-related to cowpox virus. Immunological analysis with absorbed sera separated elephant virus but not cowpox and Moscow virus, whereas polypeptide analysis separated cowpox but not elephant and Moscow virus. A combination of biological tests separated all three. The epidemiological implications are briefly reviewed.
从俄罗斯圈养食肉动物中分离出的痘病毒(莫斯科病毒)和德国大象中分离出的痘病毒(大象病毒)与牛痘病毒密切相关。用吸收血清进行的免疫学分析可区分大象病毒,但无法区分牛痘病毒和莫斯科病毒;而多肽分析可区分牛痘病毒,但无法区分大象病毒和莫斯科病毒。综合生物学检测可将这三种病毒区分开来。本文简要回顾了其流行病学意义。