Severe Human Bocavirus–Associated Pneumonia in Adults at a Referral Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Choi, Sang-Ho ; Huh, Jin Won ; Hong, Sang-Bum ; Jung, Jiwon ; Kim, Min Jae ; Chong, Yong Pil ; Kim, Sung-Han ; Sung, Heungsup ; Chae, Eun Jin ; Do, Kyung-Hyun ; Lee, Sang-Oh ; Lim, Chae-Man ; Kim, Yang Soo ; Woo, Jun Hee ; Koh, Younsuck
• Description:
  We report a case series of severe human bocavirus-associated pneumonia in adults in Seoul, South Korea. The virus accounted for 0.5% of all severe pneumonia cases. Structural lung disease and hematologic malignancy were common underlying diseases. Overall death rate was 54.5%. Higher death rates were associated with co-infection (83.3%) and immunocompromise (80.0%).
• Subjects:
  Adult Hospitals Human Bocavirus Humans Infant Parvoviridae Infections Pneumonia Referral And Consultation Respiratory Tract Infections
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(1):226-228
• Pubmed ID:
  33350914
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7774574
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Republic of Korea
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:eb8497ffb54b9cde5919cc8655a8284718d351f1355cdc57221fa761ec955217
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/99978/cdc_99978_DS1.pdf
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