Open AccessShan Virus: A New Mimivirus Isolated from the Stool of a Tunisian Patient with Pneumonia
Author(s) -
Hanene Saadi,
Dorine-Gaelle Ikanga Reteno,
Philippe Colson,
Sarah Aherfi,
Philippe Minodier,
Isabelle Pagnier,
Didier Raoult,
Bernard La Scola
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
intervirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.641
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1423-0100
pISSN - 0300-5526
DOI - 10.1159/000354564
Subject(s) - giant virus , virology , virus , biology , pneumonia , microbiology and biotechnology , isolation (microbiology) , medicine , gene , genetics , genome
Following the isolation of a Marseillevirus from the stool of a healthy young Senegalese and a Mimivirus from a Tunisian patient with pneumonia, we attempted to isolate other giant viruses of amoebae from a large human stool collection.
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