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Detection of Human Bocavirus-2 in children with acute Gastroenteritis in South Korea

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Human bocavirus (HBoV)-2, a new parvovirus, has been identified in stool samples and is suggested to be one of the etiologic agents of acute gastroenteritis (GE). The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of HBoV-2 in children with GE. Stool samples were collected from 358 children hospitalized with GE. HBoV-2 was detected in 3.6% of the patients. HBoV-2 was co-detected with other viral agents in 53.8% of the patients. These findings suggest that HBoV-2 may be an etiologic agent in GE, but further studies are needed due to frequent co-detection with other enteric viruses.

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This study was partly supported by a research grant (2008) from Inje University.

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  1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sanggyepaik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

    Tae-Hee Han

  2. Department of Family Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

    Cheol-Hwan Kim

  3. Virus Team, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Seoul, Korea

    Sang-Hun Park & En-Jung Kim

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Sanggyepaik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, 761-1 Sanggye 7-Dong, Nowon-Gu, Seoul, Korea

    Ju-Young Chung

  5. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

    Eung-Soo Hwang

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Tae-Hee Han and Cheol-Hwan Kim contributed equally to this work.

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Han, TH., Kim, CH., Park, SH. et al. Detection of Human Bocavirus-2 in children with acute Gastroenteritis in South Korea. Arch Virol 154, 1923–1927 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-009-0533-3

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