Article
Viral communities associated with human pericardial fluids in idiopathic pericarditis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Fancello Laura, Monteil Sonia, Popgeorgiev Nikolay, Rivet Romain, Gouriet Frédérique, Fournier Pierre-Edouard, Raoult Didier, Desnues Christelle
Abstract excerpt
Pericarditis is a common human disease defined by inflammation of the pericardium. Currently, 40% to 85% of pericarditis cases have no identified etiology. Most of these cases are thought to be caused by an infection of undetected, unsuspected or unknown viruses. In this work, we used a culture- and sequence-independent approach to investigate the viral DNA communities present in human pericardial fluids. Seven...
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