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First Isolation of Mimivirus in a Patient With Pneumonia

2013; Oxford University Press; Volume: 57; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/cid/cit354

1537-6591

Hanene Saadi, Isabelle Pagnier, Philippe Colson, J. Chérif, Majed Beji, Mondher Boughalmi, Saı̈d Azza, Nicholas Armstrong, Catherine Robert, Ghislain Fournous, Bernard La Scola, Didier Raoult,

Respiratory viral infections research

Background. Mimiviridae Mimivirus, including the largest known viruses, multiply in amoebae. Mimiviruses have been linked to pneumonia, but they have never been isolated from patients. To further understand the pathogenic role of these viruses, we aimed to isolate them from a patient presenting with pneumonia.