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Title
Mimivirus in pneumonia patients.
Authors
La Scola, Bernard; Marrie, Thomas J; Auffray, Jean-Pierre; Raoult, Didier
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.