Manson-Bahr P E, Downie A W
Br Med J. 1973 Apr 21;2(5859):151-3. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.5859.151.
Sera collected from inhabitants of the Tana River valley in 1971 were examined for antibody to tanapox virus. Neutralizing antibody was present in 16.3%. The levels of antibody and its presence in two children under the age of 10 years indicated that infection had been occurring in the area since the reported outbreak in 1962. A comparison of the incidence and distribution of antibodies in the same sera to West Nile virus revealed marked similarities suggesting that tanapox, like West Nile virus infections, might be transmitted in the same way-namely, by a culicine mosquito.
对1971年从塔纳河谷居民身上采集的血清进行了塔纳痘病毒抗体检测。16.3%的血清中存在中和抗体。两名10岁以下儿童体内的抗体水平及其存在情况表明,自1962年报告的疫情爆发以来,该地区一直在发生感染。对同一血清中针对西尼罗河病毒的抗体发生率和分布情况进行比较后发现,两者存在显著相似性,这表明塔纳痘病毒可能与西尼罗河病毒感染一样,通过相同的方式传播,即由库蚊传播。