Variola virus in a 300-year-old Siberian mummy

N Engl J Med. 2012 Nov 22;367(21):2057-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1208124.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • History, 17th Century
  • History, 18th Century
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mummies / virology*
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Siberia
  • Smallpox / history*
  • Smallpox / virology
  • Variola virus / genetics
  • Variola virus / isolation & purification*