Smallpox of monkeys, virus isolated in the Sack of Milan

The monkeypox virus was isolated at the Sacco di Milano in the laboratory of clinical microbiology, virology and diagnostics of bioemergencies. “This represents an important result for scientific research – explains the Vice President and Welfare Councilor of the Lombardy Region, Letizia Moratti – as it will be possible to test the activity of antiviral drugs and test the antibody response of patients who have contracted the infection and of the quota of the population vaccinated against the smallpox virus. A further testimony of the value of the scientific research of the Lombard laboratories “.