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Detection of mimivirus genome and neutralizing antibodies in humans from Brazil

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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.

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Acknowledgments

We thank our colleagues from Gepvig and the Laboratório de Vírus for their technical support. We also thank Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG), CAPES-COFECUB and the Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

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  1. Laboratório de Vírus, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antonio Carlos, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, 6627, Brazil

    Fábio P. Dornas, Paulo V. M. Boratto, Galileu B. Costa, Lorena C. F. Silva, Erna G. Kroon, Giliane Trindade & Jônatas S. Abrahão

  2. URMITE CNRS, UMR 6236, IRD 3R198, Aix Marseille Universite, Marseille, France

    Bernard La Scola

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  1. Fábio P. Dornas
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This study was supported by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais, and the Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento. F.P.D. was supported by a fellowship from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-COFEUB. J.S.A, E.G.K. and G.S.T. are researchers of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico.

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Supplemental Figure: A consensus bootstrap phylogenetics neighbor-joining tree based on the nucleotide sequences of the helicase gene from megavirus, and other organisms (1,000 bootstrap replicates implemented by MEGA 6.0). Bootstrap values >40% are shown. Nucleotide sequences were obtained from GenBank. Black dots indicate mimiviruses isolated from rural, asymptomatic, human sera samples. C1 represents serum samples from collection 1, while C2 represents serum samples from collection 2. (JPEG 208 kb)

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Dornas, F.P., Boratto, P.V.M., Costa, G.B. et al. Detection of mimivirus genome and neutralizing antibodies in humans from Brazil. Arch Virol 162, 3205–3207 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-017-3455-5

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