Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus virophage seroconversion in travelers returning from laos

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1500-1502

  Parola, Philippe ^a   Renvoisé, Aurélie ^a   Botelho Nevers, Elisabeth ^a   La Scola, Bernard ^a   Desnues, Christelle ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; CYTOLYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMPORIATRICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LAOS; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIMIVIRUS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA FOOD; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROCONVERSION; TACHYCARDIA; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VIROPHAGE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84865329043     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1809.120099     Document Type: Article

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