Human bocavirus, a respiratory and enteric virus

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 636 - 637
• Main Authors: Vicente, Diego, Cilla, Gustavo, Montes, Milagrosa, Pérez-Yarza, Eduardo G, Pérez-Trallero, Emilio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.04.2007; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: bocavirus; Bocavirus - genetics; Bocavirus - isolation & purification; Child, Preschool; Children; Dispatch; DNA, Viral - analysis; DNA, Viral - isolation & purification; Feces - virology; gastroenteritis; Gastroenteritis - epidemiology; Gastroenteritis - virology; Health aspects; Humans; Identification and classification; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Nasopharynx - virology; Parvoviridae Infections - epidemiology; Parvoviridae Infections - transmission; Parvoviridae Infections - virology; parvovirus; Parvoviruses; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Prevalence; respiratory tract infection; Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology; Respiratory Tract Infections - virology; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Viral - analysis; RNA, Viral - isolation & purification; Spain; Spain
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid1304.061501

In Spain, human bocavirus (HBoV) was detected in 48 (9.1%) of 527 children with gastroenteritis at similar frequency as for children with respiratory illness (40/520, 7.7%). Fecal excretion adds new concern about the transmission of HBoV. To our knowledge, this report is the first to document HBoV in human feces.