Open AccessDetection of Porcine Bocavirus From a Child With Acute Respiratory Tract Infection
Author(s) -
Saghar Safamanesh,
Amir Azimian,
Abdolreza Shakeri,
Kiarash Ghazvini,
Saeid Amel Jamehdar,
Mahsa Khosrojerdi,
Masoud Youssefi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002003
Subject(s) - human bocavirus , virology , respiratory tract , biology , virus , respiratory tract infections , respiratory system , immunology , anatomy
Porcine bocavirus is a recently discovered virus classified within the Bocavirus genus. We present a case of upper respiratory tract infection associated with porcine bocavirus in a 3-year-old child who was in close contact with hogs in northeastern Iran. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the human porcine bocavirus infection.