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.
Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland. leena.kainulainen@tyks.fi
Leena
L
Kainulainen
Matti
M
Waris
Maria
M
Söderlund-Venermo
Tobias
T
Allander
Klaus
K
Hedman
Olli
O
Ruuskanen
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