Screening pneumonia patients for mimivirus.
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.
Dare
Ryan K
RK
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. dde1@cdc.gov
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Malinee
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Erdman
Dean D
DD
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
D004279:DNA, Viral