Inoue Y K, Nishibe Y, Melnick J L
J Clin Microbiol. 1984 Jul;20(1):118-9. doi: 10.1128/jcm.20.1.118-119.1984.
Antigenic analysis of Inoue-Melnick virus, formerly called SMON virus, showed that isolates from patients with subacute myelo-optico-neuropathy (SMON) in Japan, thus far tested, belonged to a single antigenic type (type 1). However, Inoue-Melnick virus isolates obtained so far in the United States chiefly from patients with multiple sclerosis could be classified into three types: type 1, type 2, and an intermediate type. At the present state of knowledge, the virus has not been proven to be the causative agent of disease, hence its provisional designation as IMV.
对曾被称为SMON病毒的井上-梅尔尼克病毒进行的抗原分析表明,迄今在日本对亚急性脊髓-视神经病变(SMON)患者分离出的毒株进行检测后发现,它们属于单一抗原类型(1型)。然而,美国目前获得的井上-梅尔尼克病毒毒株主要来自多发性硬化症患者,可分为三种类型:1型、2型和中间型。就目前的知识水平而言,该病毒尚未被证实为致病因子,因此其临时命名为IMV。