Human bocavirus infection in children hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in China

Newly recognized bocaviruses (HBoV, HBoV2) in children and adults with gastrointestinal illness in the United States

“…19,20,22,23,27,36 Recently, Arthur et al performed a case-control study on acute gastroenteritis, examining stool specimens for potential pathogens, including HBoV, HBoV2 and HBoV3. 27 They identified human bocaviruses as the second most common viral agents behind rotavirus (37.1%).…”

“…[12][13][14][15][16][17][18] HBoV is now implicated in gastrointestinal illness with 0.8-9.1% of stool samples screening positive for HBoV DNA. [19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Recently, two viruses related to HBoV have been recognized, provisionally named human bocavirus 2 (HBoV2) and human bocavirus 3 (HBoV3). Human bocavirus 2 was discovered in stool samples from patients with acute flaccid paralysis in Pakistan.…”

Viral etiology and incidence associated with acute gastroenteritis in a 5-year survey in Gyeonggi province, South Korea

“…17 In recent studies, human bocavirus (hBoV) has been detected in some children with gastroenteritis. 18,19 In Korea, hBoV was detected in 0.8% of 962 children hospitalized with gastroenteritis during 2005 and 2006. 20 We did not attempt to detect hBoV because it was not established as a cause of viral gastroenteritis at the time of our study.…”

Detection of Human Bocavirus from Fecal Samples of Hungarian Children with Acute Gastroenteritis

“…Serodiagnostic results (immunofluorescence and ELISA) showed that parvovirus B19 and HBoVs are antigenically distinct since no cross reactivity could be detected [11] . The virus could be isolated in co-infection with other respiratory viruses (human metapneumovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, coronavirus) [12] and enteric pathogens (norovirus, astrovirus, rotavirus, adenovirus 40/41) [13] . HBoV has been detected worldwide, as reviewed by Lindner and Modrow [14] .…”