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SUBMITTER: Silva PE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7087275 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Silva Patricia Evelin PE Figueiredo Cristina Adelaide CA Luchs Adriana A de Paiva Terezinha Maria TM Pinho Margarete Aparecida Benega MAB Paulino Renato Sousa RS da Silva Daniela Bernardes Borges DBB de Oliveira Santos Katia Corrêa KC Afonso Ana Maria Sardinha AMS de Oliveira Maria Isabel MI
Archives of virology 20180201 5
The aims of this study were to investigate the human bocavirus (HBoV) frequency and genotypes in hospitalized children <5 years presenting acute respiratory infections (ARI) within the São Paulo metropolitan area. Nasopharyngeal samples from 300 patients, previously screened for common respiratory viruses, were tested by qPCR for the NSP1 and NP-1 genes. The VP1/2 gene in positive samples was then amplified by PCR and sequenced. A total of 49 positive HBoV cases (16.3%; mean Ct value of 34.41) w ...[more]