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SUBMITTER: Popgeorgiev N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3838047 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20131002 12
A Marseillevirus (giant virus of amoeba) has been found in the blood and stool samples of individuals who otherwise appear to be healthy. During an attempt to define a serological cutoff for Marseillevirus by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in children, we serendipitously detected high antibody responses to Marseillevirus in an 11-month-old boy suffering from adenitis. Marseillevirus DNA was then found in his blood using PCR and with a unique sequence. We identified Marseillevirus in a ...[more]