Open AccessMolecular epidemiology of human bocavirus in children with acute gastroenteritis from North Region of Brazil
Author(s) -
Luana da Silva Soares,
Ana Luísa Höfling Lima,
Kamilla C Pantoja,
Patrícia dos Santos Lobo,
Jonas França da Cruz,
Sylvia de Fátima dos Santos Guerra,
Delana Andreza Melo Bezerra,
Renato Silva Bandeira,
Joana D’Arc Pereira Mascarenhas
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.001026
Subject(s) - human bocavirus , rotavirus , virology , acute gastroenteritis , context (archaeology) , rotavirus vaccine , outbreak , molecular epidemiology , virus , epidemiology , genotype , biology , medicine , respiratory system , respiratory tract infections , gene , genetics , paleontology , anatomy
Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a DNA virus that is mostly associated with respiratory infections. However, because it has been found in stool samples, it has been suggested that it may be a causative agent for human enteric conditions. This underpins the continuous search for HBoVs, especially after the introduction of the rotavirus vaccine due to acute gastroenteritis cases related to emergent viruses, as HBoVs are more likely to be found in this post-vaccine scenario. Therefore, the aim of this study is to demonstrate the prevalence of HBoV in children aged less than 10 years with acute gastroenteritis in Brazil from November 2011 to November 2012.