Human Bocavirus infection, Canada

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 May;12(5):848-50. doi: 10.3201/eid1205.051424.

Abstract

Human Bocavirus was detected in 18 (1.5%) of 1,209 respiratory specimens collected in 2003 and 2004 in Canada. The main symptoms of affected patients were cough (78%), fever (67%), and sore throat (44%). Nine patients were hospitalized; of these, 8 (89%) were <5 years of age.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Base Sequence
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cough / etiology
  • DNA, Viral / analysis*
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Parvoviridae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / pathology
  • Parvoviridae Infections / virology
  • Parvovirus / classification
  • Parvovirus / genetics
  • Parvovirus / isolation & purification*
  • Phylogeny
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / epidemiology*
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / pathology
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / virology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Saskatchewan / epidemiology

Substances

  • DNA, Viral