First Isolation of a Giant Virus from Wild Hirudo medicinalis Leech: Mimiviridae isolation in Hirudo medicinalis

Giant viruses and amoebae are common in freshwater, where they can coexist with other living multicellular organisms. We screened leeches from the species Hirudo medicinalis for giant viruses. We analyzed five H. medicinalis obtained from Tunisia (3) and France (2). The leeches were decontaminated a...

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Autores principales: Boughalmi, Mondher, Pagnier, Isabelle, Aherfi, Sarah, Colson, Philippe, Raoult, Didier, La Scola, Bernard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3967153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24287596
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v5122920

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3967153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24287596
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v5122920

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