title: Severe human bocavirus infection, Germany.
abstract: Human bocavirus (HBoV), discovered in 2005, can cause respiratory disease or no symptoms at all. We confirmed HBoV infection in an 8-month-old girl with hypoxia, respiratory distress, wheezing, cough, and fever. This case demonstrates that lower respiratory tract infection caused by HBoV can lead to severe and life-threatening disease.
authors.affiliation: Children’s Hospital of the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. robert.koerner@uk-koeln.de
authors.forename: Robert Walter
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Körner
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Söderlund-Venermo
authors.forename: Silke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van Koningsbruggen-Rietschel
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malecki
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Schildgen
mesh_terms: D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D005858:Germany; D056661:Human bocavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology