Giant viruses of amoebae as potential human pathogens

Intervirology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 376-385

  Colson, Philippe ^a,b   La Scola, Bernard ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^a,b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Disease; Humans; Marseilleviridae; Marseillevirus; Megavirales; Mimiviridae; Mimivirus; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; BIOSPHERE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MIMIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIROPHAGE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS VIRULENCE; AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIA; DNA VIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MARSEILLEVIRUS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

MIMIVIRUS; PROTISTA;

AMOEBA; HUMANS; MIMIVIRIDAE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 84887070411     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: 14230100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354558     Document Type: Article

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