Human bocavirus infection among children, Jordan.
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.
Kaplan
Nasser M
NM
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Dove
Winifred
W
Abu-Zeid
Ahmad F
AF
Shamoon
Hiyam E
HE
Abd-Eldayem
Sawsan A
SA
Hart
C Anthony
CA
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