Screening pneumonia patients for mimivirus.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Dare RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2570813 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature