Detection of human bocavirus in Canadian children in a 1-year study.
Human bocavirus was detected by PCR in 65 (5.1%) of 1,265 respiratory specimens collected in 2002 and 2003 from the Stollery Children's Hospital from children <17 years of age. The spectrum of illness included upper respiratory infection, croup, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia with a prominence of cough and fever.
Bastien
Nathalie
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National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 1015 Arlington St., Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3R2, Canada.
Chui
Natalie
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Robinson
Joan L
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Lee
Bonita E
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Dust
Kerry
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Hart
Laura
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Li
Yan
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D000293:Adolescent; D052660:Bocavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001990:Bronchiolitis, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003440:Croup / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA