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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2008, p. 4104-4105, Vol. 46, No. 12
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01288-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Hepatitis and Human Bocavirus Primary Infection in a Child with T-Cell Deficiency{triangledown}

Leena Kainulainen,1* Matti Waris,2 Maria Söderlund-Venermo,3 Tobias Allander,4 Klaus Hedman,5 and Olli Ruuskanen1

Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Box 52, 20521 Turku, Finland,1 Department of Virology, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 13, 20520 Turku, Finland,2 Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, Box 21, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland,3 Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-17176 Stockholm, Sweden,4 Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, Box 21, 00014 University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland5

Received 8 July 2008/ Returned for modification 15 August 2008/ Accepted 28 September 2008

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Box 52, 20521 Turku, Finland. Phone: 358-2-3130000. Fax: 358-2-3131460. E-mail: leena.kainulainen{at}tyks.fi

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 8 October 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2008, p. 4104-4105, Vol. 46, No. 12
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01288-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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