Volume 11, Number 3, March 2005

Mimivirus in Pneumonia Patients

Bernard La Scola,* Thomas J. Marrie,† Jean-Pierre Auffray,‡ and Didier Raoult*
*Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France; †University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and ‡Hôpital de Ste Marguerite, Marseille, France

Figure. As observed by scanning electronic microscopy, Mimivirus antigen (A) is recognized by antibodies in our microimmunofluorescence assay using conventional fluorescence microscope (B) and confocal microscope (C). Mature particles within amebas are also recognized by antibodies seen with transmission electronic microscopy immunogold technique (D) (Mimivirus particle size 400 nm).

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