Human bocavirus and its current epidemic status in China.
- Author:
Xia HE
1
;
Kai-Yuan CAO
Author Information
1. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510080, China. hexia6288687@163.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
China;
epidemiology;
Gastrointestinal Diseases;
etiology;
Human bocavirus;
classification;
genetics;
immunology;
isolation & purification;
Humans;
Parvoviridae Infections;
epidemiology;
Phylogeny
- From:
Chinese Journal of Virology
2013;29(1):56-64
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Human bocavirus (HBoV) is classified in the family of parvovirdae, genus bocavirus. Besides parvovirus B19 and human parvovirus 4 (PARV4), HBoV isone of the parvoviruses currently known to infect and cause illness in human. So far, four different HBoVs (HBoV1-4) have been successively reported. The incidence of HBoVs infection varies widely, the clinical presentations of patients are different, and HBoVs are often co-detected with other pathogens. There are already quite a few report of HBoVs infection, and this article reviews and discusses the biological characters, epidemic characters, pathogenic mechanism, phylogenetic analyses of HBoVs and the epidemiological situation in China.
