Detection of Porcine Bocavirus From a Child With Acute Respiratory Tract Infection

Saghar Safamanesh; Amir Azimian; Abdolreza Shakeri; Kiarash Ghazvini; Saeid Amel Jamehdar; Mahsa Khosrojerdi; Masoud Youssefi

doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000002003

Detection of Porcine Bocavirus From a Child With Acute Respiratory Tract Infection

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Dec;37(12):e338-e339. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002003.

Authors

Saghar Safamanesh^{1

2}, Amir Azimian^{1

2}, Abdolreza Shakeri³, Kiarash Ghazvini^{4

5}, Saeid Amel Jamehdar^{4

5}, Mahsa Khosrojerdi⁶, Masoud Youssefi^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Pathobiology and Laboratory Sciences, faculty of medicine, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.
² Vector-borne Disease Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.
³ Department of Pediatrics, faculty of medicine, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.
⁴ Department of Microbiology and Virology, faculty of medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
⁵ Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, faculty of medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.

PMID: 29561510
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002003

Abstract

Porcine bocavirus is a recently discovered virus classified within the Bocavirus genus. We present a case of upper respiratory tract infection associated with porcine bocavirus in a 3-year-old child who was in close contact with hogs in northeastern Iran. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the human porcine bocavirus infection.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Bocavirus*
Child, Preschool
Humans
Iran
Male
Parvoviridae Infections / diagnosis*
Respiratory Tract Infections / virology*
Swine