Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2013)

Human Bocavirus in Patients with Encephalitis, Sri Lanka, 2009–2010

  • Daisuke Mori,
  • Udaya Ranawaka,
  • Kentaro Yamada,
  • Shaman Rajindrajith,
  • Kazushi Miya,
  • Harsha Kumara Kithsiri Perera,
  • Takashi Matsumoto,
  • Malka Dassanayake,
  • Marcelo Takahiro Mitui,
  • Hisashi Mori,
  • Akira Nishizono,
  • Maria Söderlund-Venermo,
  • Kamruddin Ahmed

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1911.121548
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 11
pp. 1859 – 1862

Abstract

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We identified human bocavirus (HBoV) DNA by PCR in cerebrospinal fluid from adults and children with encephalitis in Sri Lanka. HBoV types 1, 2, and 3 were identified among these cases. Phylogenetic analysis of HBoV1 strain sequences found no subclustering with strains previously identified among encephalitis cases in Bangladesh.

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