Human Bocavirus Infection in Children with Gastroenteritis, Brazil

Human bocavirus (HBoV) was detected in 14 (2%) of 705 fecal specimens from Brazilian children with gastroenteritis. Coinfection with rotavirus, adenovirus, or norovirus was found in 3 (21.4%) HBoV-positive specimens. None of the HBoV-positive patients had respiratory symptoms.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Albuquerque, Maria Carolina M., Rocha, Ludmila N., Benati, Fabrício José, Soares, Caroline C., Maranhão, Adriana G., Ramírez, Maria Liz, Erdman, Dean, Santos, Norma
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2878208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18217564
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1311.060671
Descripción
Sumario:Human bocavirus (HBoV) was detected in 14 (2%) of 705 fecal specimens from Brazilian children with gastroenteritis. Coinfection with rotavirus, adenovirus, or norovirus was found in 3 (21.4%) HBoV-positive specimens. None of the HBoV-positive patients had respiratory symptoms.

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