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Determining Persistence of Bocavirus DNA in the Respiratory Tract of Children by Pyrosequencing.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 May 2016
Wagner Johana Castro, Pyles Richard B, Miller Aaron L, Nokso-Koivisto J, Loeffelholz Michael J, Chonmaitree Tasnee
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although human bocavirus type 1 (HBoV1) is a respiratory pathogen, presence of HBoV-DNA in secretions of asymptomatic children raised the question on the significance of HBoV-positive results. METHODS: Archived specimens from a prospective, longitudinal study were tested for HBoV. A total of 94 children (aged 6-36 months) were HBoV(+) during 172 upper respiratory tract infection (URI) and/or acute...
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