title: Human bocavirus infections in hospitalized children and adults.
abstract: Studies have reported human bocavirus (HBoV) in children with respiratory tract infections (RTIs), but only occasionally in adults. We searched for HBoV DNA in nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPAs) from adults with exacerbations of chronic bronchitis or pneumonia, from children hospitalized for acute RTIs, and from asymptomatic children during the winter of 2002-2003 in Canada. HBoV was detected in NPAs of 1 (0.8%) of 126 symptomatic adults, 31 (13.8%) of 225 symptomatic children, and 43 (43%) of 100 asymptomatic children undergoing elective surgery. Another virus was detected in 22 (71%) of the 31 HBoV-positive NPAs from symptomatic children. Two clades of HBoV were identified. The pathogenic role of HBoV in RTIs is uncertain because it was frequently detected in symptomatic and asymptomatic children and was commonly found with other viruses in symptomatic children.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Longtin
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bastien
authors.forename: Rodica
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gilca
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leblanc
authors.forename: Gaston
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Serres
authors.forename: Michel G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bergeron
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boivin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D052660:Bocavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000821:virology*; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011792:Quebec; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral