Detection of human bocavirus in Canadian children in a 1-year study.

ABSTRACT: Human bocavirus was detected by PCR in 65 (5.1%) of 1,265 respiratory specimens collected in 2002 and 2003 from the Stollery Children's Hospital from children <17 years of age. The spectrum of illness included upper respiratory infection, croup, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia with a prominence of cough and fever.

SUBMITTER: Bastien N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1829076 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature