Human Bocavirus Infection, Canada

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.

Keywords

• Parvoviruses
• Bocavirus
• HBoV
• respiratory infection
• dispatch
• Canada