Advances in mimivirus pathogenicity

Intervirology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 304-309

  Vincent, Agnès ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^b   Papazian, Laurent ^c,d  

^a HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^b Pôle des Maladies Infectieuses ^*  (France)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Giant virus; Intensive care unit; Mechanical ventilation; Mimivirus; Nosocomial; Pneumonia; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIMIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIMIVIRIDAE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

MIMIVIRUS;

EID: 77953706676     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000312915     Document Type: Review

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