Human bocavirus infection in young children with acute respiratory tract infection in Lanzhou, China

摘要

Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a human parvovirus which was identified in 2005 in clinical specimens from infants and children suffering from respiratory tract illness. Phylogenetic analyses of the complete genome of HBoV revealed that the virus is related most closely to canine minute virus and bovine parvovirus, which are members of the Bocavirus genus of the Parvoviridae family. The worldwide distribution of HBoV was demonstrated subsequently by detection of the virus in patients with acute respiratory infection in many countries.