High viral load of human bocavirus correlates with duration of wheezing in children with severe lower respiratory tract infection.

BACKGROUND: Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a newly discovered parvovirus and increasing evidences are available to support its role as an etiologic agent in lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI). The objective of this study is to assess the impact of HBoV viral load on clinical characteristics in chil...

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Main Authors: Yu Deng, Xiaoyang Gu, Xiaodong Zhao, Jian Luo, Zhengxiu Luo, Lijia Wang, Zhou Fu, Xiqiang Yang, Enmei Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3316689?pdf=render