Screening Pneumonia Patients for Mimivirus1

Dare, Ryan K.; Chittaganpitch, Malinee; Erdman, Dean D.

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Screening Pneumonia Patients for Mimivirus1

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Mar 2008
By Dare, Ryan K. ; Chittaganpitch, Malinee ; Erdman, Dean D.

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Dare, Ryan K. ; Chittaganpitch, Malinee ; Erdman, Dean D.
Description:

Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APM), a virus of free-living amebae, has reportedly caused human respiratory disease. Using 2 newly developed real-time PCR assays, we screened 496 respiratory specimens from 9 pneumonia-patient populations for APM. This virus was not detected in any specimen, which suggests it is not a common respiratory pathogen.
Subjects:

Acanthamoeba Animals Dispatch DNA, Viral DNA Viruses Humans Pneumonia Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Emerg Infect Dis. 14(3):465-467.
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Journal Article
Volume:

14
Issue:

3
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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