Mimivirus in pneumonia patients

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 449-452

  La Scola, Bernard ^a,d   Marrie, Thomas J ^b   Auffray, Jean Pierre ^c   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^d Unité des Rickettsies   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIMIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS;

EID: 14644392891     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1103.040538     Document Type: Article

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