title: Human bocavirus infection in hospitalized children during winter.
abstract: Human bocavirus (HBoV) has recently been described as a common agent of acute upper and lower respiratory tract infections in children. We screened by polymerase chain reaction for HBoV nucleic acid nasopharyngeal aspirates from hospitalized children with negative culture and immunofluorescence assay for respiratory syncytial virus, influenza viruses, adenovirus, and parainfluenza viruses. HBoV was detected in 32 children (5.5%) and was the second virus identified in nasopharyngeal aspirates after respiratory syncytial virus. Most of the children had severe disease.
authors: Service de Pédiatrie Générale, Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris, France.
authors: Charlotte
authors: C
authors: Catalano-Pons
authors: Mélanie
authors: M
authors: Bue
authors: Hélène
authors: H
authors: Laude
authors: Florence
authors: F
authors: Cattan
authors: Florence
authors: F
authors: Moulin
authors: Cédric
authors: C
authors: Menager
authors: Cécile
authors: C
authors: Cosnes-Lambe
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Chalumeau
authors: Carole
authors: C
authors: Giraud
authors: Jean-François
authors: JF
authors: Meritet
authors: Flore
authors: F
authors: Rozenberg
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Lebon
authors: Dominique
authors: D
authors: Gendrel
mesh_terms: D052660:Bocavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000821:virology; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D012621:Seasons