Human bocavirus infection in children with gastroenteritis, Brazil.
Human bocavirus (HBoV) was detected in 14 (2%) of 705 fecal specimens from Brazilian children with gastroenteritis. Coinfection with rotavirus, adenovirus, or norovirus was found in 3 (21.4%) HBoV-positive specimens. None of the HBoV-positive patients had respiratory symptoms.
Albuquerque
Maria Carolina M
MC
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rocha
Ludmila N
LN
Benati
Fabrício José
FJ
Soares
Caroline C
CC
Maranhão
Adriana G
AG
Ramírez
Maria Liz
ML
Erdman
Dean
D
Santos
Norma
N
D000293:Adolescent; D052660:Bocavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies