Human Bocavirus Infection, Canada

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Bastien, Nathalie ; Brandt, Ken ; Dust, Kerry ; Ward, Diane ; Li, Yan
• Description:
  Human Bocavirus was detected in 18 (1.5%) of 1,209 respiratory specimens collected in 2003 and 2004 in Canada. The main symptoms of affected patients were cough (78%), fever (67%), and sore throat (44%). Nine patients were hospitalized; of these, 8 (89%) were <5 years of age.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Base Sequence Bocavirus Child Child, Preschool Cough Dispatch DNA, Viral Female Fever HBoV Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Molecular Sequence Data Parvoviridae Infections Parvovirus Parvoviruses Phylogeny Respiratory Infection Respiratory Tract Infections Retrospective Studies Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Saskatchewan

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(5):848-850.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d02a9689633bb5531ebb5330489fa4680f8c38d15d1f365c58c6b1ce8ea51d39
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16140/cdc_16140_DS1.pdf
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