Mimivirus in pneumonia patients.(Dispatches) From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: March 1, 2005| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2005 U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Mimivirus, the largest virus known to date, is an amebal pathogen--like Legionella sp. When Mimivirus was used as an antigen in a migration inhibition factor assay, sero-conversion 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.

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The causative agent of pneumonia, the leading cause of infection-related death throughout the world, is unknown in 20% to 50% of cases (1). Therefore, identifying new causative agents of both community- and ...

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