title: [Human bocavirus and its current epidemic status in China].
abstract: Human bocavirus (HBoV) is classified in the family of parvovirdae, genus bocavirus. Besides parvovirus B19 and human parvovirus 4 (PARV4), HBoV isone of the parvoviruses currently known to infect and cause illness in human. So far, four different HBoVs (HBoV1-4) have been successively reported. The incidence of HBoVs infection varies widely, the clinical presentations of patients are different, and HBoVs are often co-detected with other pathogens. There are already quite a few report of HBoVs infection, and this article reviews and discusses the biological characters, epidemic characters, pathogenic mechanism, phylogenetic analyses of HBoVs and the epidemiological situation in China.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510080, China. hexia6288687@163.com
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Kai-Yuan
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D056661:Human bocavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010802:Phylogeny