Human bocavirus infections in hospitalized Greek children.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The epidemiology of human bocavirus (HBoV) infections has not been described in Greece, a south-eastern European country. To define the epidemiological profile and the clinical characteristics associated with HBoV infection in a population of children hospitalized with respiratory tract infection.

Material and methods

During a one-year period throat swab samples were collected from 370 previously healthy children, aged 14 days to 13 years, admitted to two different paediatric wards because of respiratory tract infection. Samples were tested for HBoV by PCR amplifying a part of the NS1 gene.

Results

Human bocavirus was detected in 12 children (3.2%). Four of the 12 cases were co-infections, 3 of them with influenza A and 1 with coronavirus OC43. Cases were

SUBMITTER: Haidopoulou K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3278951 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature