title: Screening pneumonia patients for mimivirus.
abstract: Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APM), a virus of free-living amebae, has reportedly caused human respiratory disease. Using 2 newly developed real-time PCR assays, we screened 496 respiratory specimens from 9 pneumonia-patient populations for APM. This virus was not detected in any specimen, which suggests it is not a common respiratory pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. dde1@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Ryan K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Dare
authors.forename: Malinee
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chittaganpitch
authors.forename: Dean D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Erdman
mesh_terms: D000048:Acanthamoeba / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D004267:DNA Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004279:DNA, Viral; D006801:Humans; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000821:virology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral