Mimivirus in Pneumonia Patients

2005/03/01 by Bernard La Scola, Thomas J. Marrie, Jean‐Pierre Auffray +1 · 149 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Legionella and Acanthamoeba research #Vibrio bacteria research studies #Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections #Pneumonia #Seroconversion #Virology #Community-acquired pneumonia #Medicine #Legionella #Biology #Microbiology #Virus #Internal medicine #Bacteria

paper · pdf · doi:10.3201/eid1103.040538

published in Emerging infectious diseases 11(3), 449-452 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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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.

Citations

• Molecular identification by “suicide PCR” of Yersinia pestis as the agent of Medieval Black Death
• The 1.2-Megabase Genome Sequence of Mimivirus
• The Minimal Gene Complement of Mycoplasma genitalium

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• Pulmonary Infection Related to Mimivirus in Patient with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
• Mimiviridae [wikipedia]