title: Detection of human bocavirus in children hospitalized because of acute gastroenteritis.
abstract: The idea that human bocavirus (hBoV) infection possibly plays a role in gastroenteritis has been suggested because of the frequent manifestation of gastrointestinal symptoms. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hBoV in children with gastroenteritis. We studied the etiologic agents in 962 children hospitalized with gastroenteritis. Viral etiologic agents were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. A viral agent was found in 44.4% of the study population: rotavirus, norovirus, adenovirus, and astrovirus were detected in 25.7%, 13.7%, 3.0%, and 1.1% of the study population, respectively; hBoV was detected in 0.8%, which suggests that it might play a minor role in gastroenteritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virus Research, Seoul Health-Environmental Research Center, Sanggyepaik Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae In
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ju-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Tae Hee
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Mi-Ok
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Eung-Soo
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D052660:Bocavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D015995:Prevalence; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012621:Seasons; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D014780:Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification