Human bocavirus infection in children with gastroenteritis, Brazil

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Nov;13(11):1756-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1311.070671.

Abstract

Human bocavirus (HBoV) was detected in 14 (2%) of 705 fecal specimens from Brazilian children with gastroenteritis. Coinfection with rotavirus, adenovirus, or norovirus was found in 3 (21.4%) HBoV-positive specimens. None of the HBoV-positive patients had respiratory symptoms.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bocavirus / genetics
  • Bocavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Brazil
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Feces / virology
  • Female
  • Gastroenteritis / virology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Parvoviridae Infections / complications
  • Parvoviridae Infections / virology*
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Retrospective Studies