The newly identified human bocavirus was found in nearly 5 percent of pneumonia patients in rural Thailand, mostly in very young children. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a notable member of the Parvoviridae family and has been increasingly implicated in respiratory tract infections worldwide.

Health experts in China have claimed yesterday to detect human bocavirus (HboV) infections in children living in Hunan Province, located in central China. Stating that this is the first confirmed ...

Human bocavirus is frequently detected in children with wheezing-associated infections. Children are able to produce antibodies to bocaviruses, but the exact role of bocaviruses in respiratory ...

Human bocavirus is an uncommon cause of atypical pneumonia in adults. A high clinical index of suspicion for atypical infections should be maintained for immuncompromised patients, because they may ...

Got a stuffy nose and a cough? If you go to an urgent care or ER, chances are that you may be able find out exactly what type of germ is making you sick, thanks to newer tests that don’t look ...

mariPOC ® is known as a highly specific antigen detection method for acute respiratory infections. High specificity is required to pick up clinically relevant true positive bocavirus infection ...

Is Bocavirus the culprit? As Sri Lanka’s MRI undertakes a pilot study using real-time and cutting-edge technology to see whether this micro-organism is behind severe acute respiratory infection in ...

Following the news of a possible outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, other countries have reported cases.

The results indicate that bocavirus is a common cause of acute respiratory tract infections particularly among children. Practically all people have suffered from bocavirus infection by the age of ...