High rate of human bocavirus and adenovirus coinfection in hospitalized Israeli children.
We investigated coinfection of human bocavirus (HBoV) and other respiratory viruses in hospitalized children by real-time PCR. A high rate (69.2%) of adenovirus infection was found among children infected with HBoV. Such high rates of HboV-adenovirus coinfection have not been previously reported, underscoring the need to investigate the contribution of HBoV in patient clinical presentations.
Hindiyeh
Musa Y
MY
Central Virology Laboratory, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel. hindiyeh@yahoo.com
Keller
Nathan
N
Mandelboim
Michal
M
Ram
Daniela
D
Rubinov
Jana
J
Regev
Liora
L
Levy
Virginia
V
Orzitzer
Sara
S
Shaharabani
Hilda
H
Azar
Roberto
R
Mendelson
Ella
E
Grossman
Zehava
Z
D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D052660:Bocavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007297:Inpatients; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D015995:Prevalence
D004279:DNA, Viral