Mimivirus-like particles in acanthamoebae from sewage sludge

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1127-1129

  Gaze, William H ^a   Morgan, Gina ^a   Zhang, Lihong ^a   Wellington, Elizabeth M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; CELL VACUOLE; LETTER; MIMIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLUDGE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; GREAT BRITAIN; MIMIVIRIDAE; SEWAGE;

EID: 79957649272     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1706.101282     Document Type: Letter

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