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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2007, p. 610-613, Vol. 45, No. 2
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JCM.01044-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Detection of Human Bocavirus in Canadian Children in a 1-Year Study
Nathalie Bastien,1
Natalie Chui,2
Joan L. Robinson,2
Bonita E. Lee,2
Kerry Dust,1
Laura Hart,1 and
Yan Li1*
National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,1
Department of Pediatrics and Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada2
Received 18 May 2006/
Returned for modification 18 July 2006/
Accepted 8 November 2006
Human bocavirus was detected by PCR in 65 (5.1%) of 1,265 respiratory specimens collected in 2002 and 2003 from the Stollery Children's Hospital from children <17 years of age. The spectrum of illness included upper respiratory infection, croup, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia with a prominence of cough and fever.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 1015 Arlington St., Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3R2, Canada. Phone: (204) 789-6045. Fax: (204) 789-2082. E-mail: yan_li{at}phac-aspc.gc.ca.
Published ahead of print on 22 November 2006.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2007, p. 610-613, Vol. 45, No. 2
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JCM.01044-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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