Hepatitis and human bocavirus primary infection in a child with T-cell deficiency.
Human bocavirus (HBoV) is one of the recently identified respiratory viruses. The clinical features of HBoV infection have not yet been fully elucidated. We report an invasive HBoV infection and hepatitis in a boy with cartilage-hair hypoplasia and severe T-cell immunodeficiency.
Kainulainen
Leena
L
Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland. leena.kainulainen@tyks.fi
Waris
Matti
M
Söderlund-Venermo
Maria
M
Allander
Tobias
T
Hedman
Klaus
K
Ruuskanen
Olli
O
D052660:Bocavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology