Mimivirus in Pneumonia Patients
| Autor: | Bernard La Scola, Thomas J. Marrie, Jean-Pierre Auffray, Didier Raoult |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 449-452 (2005) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid1103.040538 |
| Popis: | Mimivirus, the largest virus known to date, is an amebal pathogen like Legionella spp. When mimivirus was used as an antigen in a migration inhibition factor assay, seroconversion was found in patients with both community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia. Mimivirus DNA was found in respiratory samples of patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia. |
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