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Human bocavirus infection in a neonatal intensive care unit

Human bocavirus (HBoV) plays a non-insignificant role as a pathogen in respiratory tract diseases in the pediatric population, especially in infants younger than 2 years of age. In this paper, we have described two cases of a possible nosocomial infection in a neonatal intensive care unit being HBoV...

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Autores principales: Calvo, C., García-García, M.L., Blanco, C., Santos, M.J., Pozo, F., Pérez-Breña, P., Casas, I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7132415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18649946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2008.06.004
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Sumario:Human bocavirus (HBoV) plays a non-insignificant role as a pathogen in respiratory tract diseases in the pediatric population, especially in infants younger than 2 years of age. In this paper, we have described two cases of a possible nosocomial infection in a neonatal intensive care unit being HBoV the sole detected respiratory virus in clinical samples.