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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2007, p. 3419-3420, Vol. 45, No. 10
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00545-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Electron Microscopy Observation of Human Bocavirus (HBoV) in Nasopharyngeal Samples from HBoV-Infected Children{triangledown}

Natalie Brieu, Bernard Gay, Michel Segondy, and Vincent Foulongne*

Department of Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Virology, Montpellier University Hospital, 34295 Montpellier, France

Received 12 March 2007/ Returned for modification 17 April 2007/ Accepted 18 July 2007

The newly identified human bocavirus is frequently detected by molecular techniques in respiratory samples from children with respiratory tract infections, but virions have not been observed so far. We report the electron microscopy observation of viral particles in nasopharyngeal aspirates previously found to be positive for human bocavirus DNA. The virions presented the expected structural characteristics of a Parvoviridae family member.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Montpellier University Hospital, Laboratory of Virology, Montpellier, France. Phone: (33) 467 337 127. Fax: (33) 467 337 793. E-mail: v-foulongne{at}chu-montpellier.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 25 July 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2007, p. 3419-3420, Vol. 45, No. 10
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00545-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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