Hepatitis and human bocavirus primary infection in a child with T-cell deficiency

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Dec;46(12):4104-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01288-08. Epub 2008 Oct 8.

Abstract

Human bocavirus (HBoV) is one of the recently identified respiratory viruses. The clinical features of HBoV infection have not yet been fully elucidated. We report an invasive HBoV infection and hepatitis in a boy with cartilage-hair hypoplasia and severe T-cell immunodeficiency.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bocavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / diagnosis*
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / virology
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / complications*
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Parvoviridae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / virology