Human bocavirus, a respiratory and enteric virus

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Apr;13(4):636-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1304.061501.

Abstract

In Spain, human bocavirus (HBoV) was detected in 48 (9.1%) of 527 children with gastroenteritis at similar frequency as for children with respiratory illness (40/520, 7.7%). Fecal excretion adds new concern about the transmission of HBoV. To our knowledge, this report is the first to document HBoV in human feces.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bocavirus / genetics
  • Bocavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Child, Preschool
  • DNA, Viral / analysis
  • DNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Feces / virology*
  • Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
  • Gastroenteritis / virology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Nasopharynx / virology*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / transmission
  • Parvoviridae Infections / virology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Prevalence
  • RNA, Viral / analysis
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / epidemiology*
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / virology
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

Substances

  • DNA, Viral
  • RNA, Viral