Mimivirus in pneumonia patients.
Mimivirus, the largest virus known to date, is an amebal pathogen-like Legionella sp. When Mimivirus was used as an antigen in a microimmunofluorescense assay, seroconversion was found in patients with both community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia. Mimivirus DNA was found in respiratory samples of a patient with hospital-acquired pneumonia.
La Scola
Bernard
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Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseille, France.
Marrie
Thomas J
TJ
Auffray
Jean-Pierre
JP
Raoult
Didier
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000821:virology; D004266:DNA Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D004267:DNA Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
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