Detection of human bocavirus in Japanese children with lower respiratory tract infections.
Human bocavirus (HBoV), a newly cloned human virus of the genus Bocavirus, was detected by PCR from nasopharyngeal swab samples (8 of 318; 5.7%) collected from children with lower respiratory tract infections. HBoV may be one of the causative agents of lower respiratory tract infections in young children.
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Xiaoming
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Department of Pediatrics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N-15, W-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
Endo
Rika
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Ishiguro
Nobuhisa
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Ebihara
Takashi
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Ishiko
Hiroaki
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Ariga
Tadashi
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Kikuta
Hideaki
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000821:virology*; D019219:Parvovirinae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000821:virology*
D004279:DNA, Viral