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Detection of mimivirus genome and neutralizing antibodies in humans from Brazil
Fábio P Dornas1, Paulo V M Boratto1, Galileu B Costa1
1Laboratório de Vírus, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antonio Carlos, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, 6627, Brazil.
Archives of Virology
|July 2, 2017
Abstract:
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.

