TY - JOUR AU - Parola, Philippe AU - Renvoisé, Aurélie AU - Botelho-Nevers, Elisabeth AU - La Scola, Bernard AU - Desnues, Christelle AU - Raoult, Didier T1 - Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus Virophage Seroconversion in Travelers Returning from Laos T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 9 SP - 1500 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During January 2010, a husband and wife returned from Laos to France with probable parasitic disease. Increased antibodies against an Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus virophage indicated seroconversion. While in Laos, they had eaten raw fish, a potential source of the virophage. This virophage, associated with giant viruses suspected to cause pneumonia, could be an emerging pathogen. KW - Mimivirus KW - giant virus KW - amoeba KW - ameba KW - virophage KW - viruses KW - Laos DO - 10.3201/eid1809.120099 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/9/12-0099_article ER - End of Reference