Severe human bocavirus infection, Germany

Human bocavirus (HBoV), discovered in 2005, can cause respiratory disease or no symptoms at all. We confirmed HBoV infection in an 8-month-old girl with hypoxia, respiratory distress, wheezing, cough, and fever. This case demonstrates that lower respiratory tract infection caused by HBoV can lead to...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2011-12, Vol.17 (12), p.2303-2305
Hauptverfasser:	Körner, Robert Walter, Söderlund-Venermo, Maria, van Koningsbruggen-Rietschel, Silke, Kaiser, Rolf, Malecki, Monika, Schildgen, Oliver
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Communicable Diseases, Emerging - diagnosis Communicable Diseases, Emerging - etiology Cough - etiology Diagnosis Dispatch Female Fever - etiology Germany human bocavirus Human bocavirus - genetics Human bocavirus - isolation & purification Human bocavirus - pathogenicity Humans Hypoxia - etiology Infant Infection Medical research Medicine, Experimental Parvoviridae Infections - diagnosis Parvoviridae Infections - etiology PCR pneumonia Respiratory Sounds - etiology Respiratory tract diseases Respiratory Tract Infections - etiology serology
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Zusammenfassung:	Human bocavirus (HBoV), discovered in 2005, can cause respiratory disease or no symptoms at all. We confirmed HBoV infection in an 8-month-old girl with hypoxia, respiratory distress, wheezing, cough, and fever. This case demonstrates that lower respiratory tract infection caused by HBoV can lead to severe and life-threatening disease.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1712.110574