Human bocavirus: Clinical significance and implications

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-66

  Kahn, Jeffrey ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal disease; Human bocavirus; Human parvovirus; Respiratory tract disease

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

BOCAVIRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FECES; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVIEW; SECRETIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERUM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

BOCAVIRUS; HUMANS; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 38149135882     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3282f3f518     Document Type: Review

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