Severe human bocavirus infection, Germany

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Dec;17(12):2303-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1712.110574.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / diagnosis
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / etiology
  • Cough / etiology
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Germany
  • Human bocavirus* / genetics
  • Human bocavirus* / isolation & purification
  • Human bocavirus* / pathogenicity
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / etiology
  • Infant
  • Parvoviridae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / etiology
  • Respiratory Sounds / etiology
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / etiology