Mimivirus in pneumonia patients.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: La Scola B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3298252 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature