Human bocavirus infection as a cause of severe acute respiratory tract infection in children
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Novel Human Bocavirus in Children with Acute Respiratory Tract Infection
Human bocavirus (HBoV) and HBoV2, two human bocavirus species, were found in 18 and 10 of 235 nasopharyngeal aspirates, respectively, from children hospitalized with acute respiratory tract infection. Our results suggest that, like HBoV, HBoV2 is distributed worldwide and may be associated with respiratory and enteric diseases.
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology and Infection
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1198-743X
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.06.014