Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Human Bocavirus in Respiratory and Fecal Samples from Children in Hong Kong
Author(s) -
Susanna K. P. Lau,
Cyril ChikYan Yip,
Tak-Lun Que,
Rodney A. Lee,
Rex Au-Yeung,
Boping Zhou,
LokYee So,
YL Lau,
KwokHung Chan,
Patrick C. Y. Woo,
KwokYung Yuen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/521310
Subject(s) - human bocavirus , feces , biology , parvovirus , virology , diarrhea , respiratory tract infections , virus , gastroenterology , respiratory system , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , anatomy
Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a recently discovered parvovirus associated with respiratory tract infections in children. We conducted the first systematic prospective clinical and molecular study using nasopharyngeal aspirates (NPAs) and fecal samples.
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