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. 2006 May;12(5):848-50.
doi: 10.3201/eid1205.051424.

Human Bocavirus infection, Canada

Nathalie Bastien  1 , Ken Brandt, Kerry Dust, Diane Ward, Yan Li
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Human Bocavirus infection, Canada

Nathalie Bastien et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 May.

Abstract

Human Bocavirus was detected in 18 (1.5%) of 1,209 respiratory specimens collected in 2003 and 2004 in Canada. The main symptoms of affected patients were cough (78%), fever (67%), and sore throat (44%). Nine patients were hospitalized; of these, 8 (89%) were <5 years of age.

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