Detection of Human Bocavirus in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Children With Encephalitis
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- 11 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 54 (7) , 964-967
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cir957
Abstract
We report 4 children with encephalitis associated with human bocavirus (HBoV) 1 or 2. All children were severely underweight, and 2 died; 1 of them had a matching HBoV2 nucleotide sequence isolated from serum and bocavirus like particles in the cerebrospinal fluid that were observed with electron microscopy. No further pathogens were detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of these patients.Keywords
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