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.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.Human bocavirus was detected in 12 children (3.2
作者:Katerina, Haidopoulou;Myrofora, Goutaki;Lambrini, Damianidou;Maria, Eboriadou;Antonis, Antoniadis;Anna, Papa
来源:Archives of medical science : AMS 2010 年 6卷 1期