Mimivirus in Pneumonia Patients

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 sampl...

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Autores principales: La Scola, Bernard, Marrie, Thomas J., Auffray, Jean-Pierre, Raoult, Didier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3298252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15757563
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1103.040538
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description 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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spelling pubmed-32982522012-03-12 Mimivirus in Pneumonia Patients La Scola, Bernard Marrie, Thomas J. Auffray, Jean-Pierre Raoult, Didier Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3298252/ /pubmed/15757563 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1103.040538 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Mimivirus in Pneumonia Patients
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