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Human bocavirus in hospitalized children under 5 years with acute respiratory infection, São Paulo, Brazil, 2010.
Archives of virology - 1 May 2018
Silva Patricia Evelin, Figueiredo Cristina Adelaide, Luchs Adriana, de Paiva Terezinha Maria, Pinho Margarete Aparecida Benega, Paulino Renato Sousa, da Silva Daniela Bernardes Borges, de Oliveira Santos Katia Corrêa, Afonso Ana Maria Sardinha, de Oliveira Maria Isabel
Abstract excerpt
The aims of this study were to investigate the human bocavirus (HBoV) frequency and genotypes in hospitalized children <5 years presenting acute respiratory infections (ARI) within the São Paulo metropolitan area. Nasopharyngeal samples from 300 patients, previously screened for common respiratory viruses, were tested by qPCR for the NSP1 and NP-1 genes. The VP1/2 gene in positive samples was then amplified by...
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