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Human Bocavirus Infection in Children with Gastroenteritis, Brazil

Maria Carolina M. Albuquerque, Ludmila N. Rocha, Fabrı́cio José Benati, Caroline C. Soares, Adriana Gonçalves Maranhão, Maria Liz Ramírez, Dean D. Erdman, Norma Santos

Emerging infectious diseases · 2007 · 103 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

Human bocavirus (HBoV) was detected in 14 (2%) of 705 fecal specimens from Brazilian children with gastroenteritis. Coinfection with rotavirus, adenovirus, or norovirus was found in 3 (21.4%) HBoV-positive specimens. None of the HBoV-positive patients had respiratory symptoms.

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