Key result
Human bocavirus infection is linked to a ~69% adenovirus coinfection rate among hospitalized children.
A previously unreported high rate of adenovirus coinfection (69.2%) was found in hospitalized children with human bocavirus, highlighting the need to further investigate HBoV's clinical contribution.
Frequent adenovirus coinfection with HBoV warrants diagnostic caution in children; leaves open HBoV's independent pathogenic role.
We investigated coinfection of human bocavirus (HBoV) and other respiratory viruses in hospitalized children by real-time PCR. A high rate (69.2%) of adenovirus infection was found among children infected with HBoV. Such high rates of HboV-adenovirus coinfection have not been previously reported, underscoring the need to investigate the contribution of HBoV in patient clinical presentations.
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Hindiyeh et al. (2007) studied this question. Human bocavirus (HBoV) infection was associated with a 69.2% rate of adenovirus coinfection among hospitalized children.
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