Human Bocavirus in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis, Chile, 1985–2010

Levican, Jorge; Navas, Esteban; Orizola, Joaquín; Avendaño, Luis Fidel; Gaggero, Aldo

doi:10.3201/eid1911.130601

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Human Bocavirus in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis, Chile, 1985–2010

Published Date:

Nov 2013

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1911.130601 New Site Icon

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Emerg Infect Dis. 19(11):1877-1880.

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Levican, Jorge ; Navas, Esteban ; Orizola, Joaquín ; Avendaño, Luis Fidel ; Gaggero, Aldo ;

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We detected human bocavirus in 89 (19.3%) of 462 fecal samples collected during 3 periods from 1985 through 2010 from children <5 years of age in Chile who were hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis. Our findings confirm the long-term circulation of human bocavirus in Chile.

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