"Marseilleviridae", a new family of giant viruses infecting amoebae

Archives of Virology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 915-920

  Colson, Philippe ^a,b   Pagnier, Isabelle ^a   Yoosuf, Niyaz ^a   Fournous, Ghislain ^a   la Scola, Bernard ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA MIMIVIRUS; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMALIA; ASCOVIRIDAE; ASCOVIRUS; ASFARVIRIDAE; DNA VIRUSES; IRIDOVIRIDAE; IRIDOVIRUS; MIMIVIRUS; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; POXVIRIDAE;

EID: 84876029838     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-012-1537-y     Document Type: Article

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