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. 2006 Sep;12(9):1418-20.
doi: 10.3201/eid1209.060417.

Human bocavirus infection among children, Jordan

Nasser M Kaplan  1 , Winifred Dove, Ahmad F Abu-Zeid, Hiyam E Shamoon, Sawsan A Abd-Eldayem, C Anthony Hart
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Human bocavirus infection among children, Jordan

Nasser M Kaplan et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Sep.

Abstract

Human bocavirus was detected in 57 (18.3%) of 312 children with acute respiratory infection (ARI) who required hospitalization in Jordan. It was also detected in 30 (21.7%) of 138 children with severe ARI, in 27 (15.5%) of 174 with mild or moderate disease, and in 41 (72%) of 57 with other pathogens.

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