title: Human bocavirus detection in nasopharyngeal aspirates of children without clinical symptoms of respiratory infection.
abstract: The main objective of our study was to determine the frequency of human bocavirus (HBoV) detection in asymptomatic children and to compare it with that in children hospitalized because of respiratory infection. HBoV was detected in 5% of 116 healthy children versus 17% of 908 hospitalized children. HBoV can be detected in healthy children but with a significantly lower frequency than in ill children.
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics Department, Severo Ochoa Hospital, Madrid, Spain. marialuzgarcia@terra.es
authors.forename: María Luz
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: García-García
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calvo
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pozo
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pérez-Breña
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quevedo
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bracamonte
authors.forename: Inmaculada
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Casas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D052660:Bocavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000821:virology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*