Detection of mimivirus genome and neutralizing antibodies in humans from Brazil

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Dornas, Fabio P. | Boratto, Paulo V. M. | Costa, Galileu B. | Silva, Lorena C. F. | Kroon, Erna G. | La Scola, Bernard | Trindade, Giliane | Abrahao, Jonatas S.

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International audience. In recent years, giant viruses belonging to the family Mimiviridae have been proposed to be infectious agents in humans. In this work we provide evidence of mimivirus genome and neutralizing antibodies detection in humans.

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