TY - JOUR AU - Dare, Ryan K. AU - Chittaganpitch, Malinee AU - Erdman, Dean D. T1 - Screening Pneumonia Patients for Mimivirus T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 3 SP - 465 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APM), a virus of free-living amebae, has reportedly caused human respiratory disease. Using 2 newly developed real-time PCR assays, we screened 496 respiratory specimens from 9 pneumonia-patient populations for APM. This virus was not detected in any specimen, which suggests it is not a common respiratory pathogen. KW - mimivirus KW - pneumonia KW - real-time PCR KW - dispatch KW - Thailand KW - United States KW - Canada DO - 10.3201/eid1403.071027 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/3/07-1027_article ER - End of Reference