Severe Human Bocavirus Infection, Germany

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...

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Autores principales: Körner, Robert Walter, Söderlund-Venermo, Maria, van Koningsbruggen-Rietschel, Silke, Kaiser, Rolf, Malecki, Monika, Schildgen, Oliver
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3311181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22172367
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1712.110574
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Sumario: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.

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