title: Human bocavirus infection among children, Jordan.
abstract: Human bocavirus was detected in 57 (18.3%) of 312 children with acute respiratory infection (ARI) who required hospitalization in Jordan. It was also detected in 30 (21.7%) of 138 children with severe ARI, in 27 (15.5%) of 174 with mild or moderate disease, and in 41 (72%) of 57 with other pathogens.
authors.affiliation: University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Nasser M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Winifred
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dove
authors.forename: Ahmad F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Abu-Zeid
authors.forename: Hiyam E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Shamoon
authors.forename: Sawsan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Abd-Eldayem
authors.forename: C Anthony
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hart
mesh_terms: D052660:Bocavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007597:Jordan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012720:Severity of Illness Index