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Case Reports
. 2011 Dec;17(12):2303-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid1712.110574.

Severe human bocavirus infection, Germany

Robert Walter Körner  1 , Maria Söderlund-Venermo, Silke van Koningsbruggen-Rietschel, Rolf Kaiser, Monika Malecki, Oliver Schildgen
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Case Reports

Severe human bocavirus infection, Germany

Robert Walter Körner et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

Human bocavirus (HBoV), discovered in 2005, can cause respiratory disease or no symptoms at all. We confirmed HBoV infection in an 8-month-old girl with hypoxia, respiratory distress, wheezing, cough, and fever. This case demonstrates that lower respiratory tract infection caused by HBoV can lead to severe and life-threatening disease.

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