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Zhang Z, Zheng Z, Luo H, Meng J, Li H, Li Q, Zhang X, Ke X, Bai B, Mao P, Hu Q, Wang H. Human bocavirus NP1 inhibits IFN-β production by blocking association of IFN regulatory factor 3 with IFNB promoter. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 189:1144-53. [PMID: 22745372 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1200096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Human bocavirus (HBoV) mainly infects young children. Although many infected children suffer from respiratory or gastroenteric tract diseases, an association between HBoV and these diseases is not definite. Because modulation of type I IFN is crucial for viruses to establish efficient replication, in this study, we tested whether HBoV modulates type I IFN production. We observed that a nearly full-length HBoV clone significantly reduced both Sendai virus (SeV)- and poly(deoxyadenylic-thymidylic) acid-induced IFN-β production. Further study showed that NP1 blocked IFN-β activation in response to SeV, poly(deoxyadenylic-thymidylic) acid, and IFN-β pathway inducers, including retinoic acid-inducible protein I, mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein, inhibitor of κB kinase ε, and TANK-binding kinase 1. In addition, NP1 interfered with IRF-3-responsive PRD(III-I) promoter activated by SeV and a constitutively active mutant of IRF-3 (IRF-3/5D). Although NP1 suppressed the IRF-3 pathway, it did not affect IRF-3 activation processes, including phosphorylation, dimerization, and nuclear translocation. Coimmunoprecipitation assays confirmed the interaction between NP1 and IRF-3. Additional deletion mutagenesis and coimmunoprecipitation assays revealed that NP1 bound to the DNA-binding domain of IRF-3, resulting in the interruption of an association between IRF-3 and IFNB promoter. Altogether, our results indicate that HBoV NP1 blocks IFN production through a unique mechanism. To our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the modulation of innate immunity by HBoV. Our findings suggest a potential immune-evasion mechanism used by HBoV and provide a basis for better understanding HBoV pathogenesis.
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- Zhenfeng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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Guo L, Wang Y, Zhou H, Wu C, Song J, Li J, Paranhos-Baccalà G, Vernet G, Wang J, Hung T. Differential seroprevalence of human bocavirus species 1-4 in Beijing, China. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39644. [PMID: 22761854 PMCID: PMC3382199 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2011] [Accepted: 05/24/2012] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background Four species of human bocaviruses (HBoV1-4) have been identified based on phylogenetic analysis since its first report in 2005. HBoV1 has been associated with respiratory disease, whereas HBoV2-4 are mainly detected in enteric infections. Although the prevalence of HBoVs in humans has been studied in some regions, it has not been well addressed globally. Methodology/Principal Findings Cross-reactivity of anti-VP2 antibodies was detected between HBoV1, 2, 3, and 4 in mouse and human serum. The prevalence of specific anti-VP2 IgG antibodies against HBoV1-4 was determined in different age groups of healthy individuals aged 0-70 years old in Beijing, China, using a competition ELISA assay based on virus-like particles of HBoV1-4. The seroprevalence of HBoV1-4 was 50%, 36.9%, 28.7%, and 0.8%, respectively, in children aged 0-14 years (n = 244); whereas the seroprevalence of HBoV1-4 was 66.9%, 49.3%, 38.7% and 1.4%, respectively, in healthy adults (≥15 years old; n = 142). The seropositive rate of HBoV1 was higher than that of HBoV2, HBoV3, and HBoV4 in individuals older than 0.5 years. Furthermore, IgG seroconversion of HBoV1 (10/31, 32.3%), HBoV2 (8/31, 25.8%), and HBoV3 (2/31, 6.5%) was found in paired sera collected from children with respiratory tract infections who were positive for HBoV1 according to PCR analysis. Conclusions/Significance Our data indicate that HBoV1 is more prevalent than HBoV2, HBoV3, and HBoV4 in the population we sampled in Beijing, China, suggesting that HBoV species may play differential roles in disease.
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- Li Guo
- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens and Christophe Mérieux Laboratory, IPB, CAMS-Fondation Mérieux, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Parvoviruses package a ssDNA genome. Both nonpathogenic and pathogenic members exist, including those that cause fetal infections, encompassing the entire spectrum of virus phenotypes. Their small genomes and simple coding strategy has enabled functional annotation of many steps in the infectious life cycle. They assemble a multifunctional capsid responsible for cell recognition and the transport of the packaged genome to the nucleus for replication and progeny virus production. It is also the target of the host immune response. Understanding how the capsid structure relates to the function of parvoviruses provides a platform for recombinant engineering of viral gene delivery vectors for the treatment of clinical diseases, and is fundamental for dissecting the viral determinants of pathogenicity. This review focuses on our current understanding of parvovirus capsid structure and function with respect to the infectious life cycle.
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- Sujata Halder
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Center for Structural Biology, The McKnight Brain Institute, College of Medicine, 1600 SW Archer Road, PO Box 100245, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Center for Structural Biology, The McKnight Brain Institute, College of Medicine, 1600 SW Archer Road, PO Box 100245, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Center for Structural Biology, The McKnight Brain Institute, College of Medicine, 1600 SW Archer Road, PO Box 100245, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Huang Q, Deng X, Best SM, Bloom ME, Li Y, Qiu J. Internal polyadenylation of parvoviral precursor mRNA limits progeny virus production. Virology 2012; 426:167-77. [PMID: 22361476 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2012.01.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2011] [Revised: 01/19/2012] [Accepted: 01/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Aleutian Mink Disease Virus (AMDV) is the only virus in the genus Amdovirus of family Parvoviridae. In adult mink, AMDV causes a persistent infection associated with severe dysfunction of the immune system. Cleavage of AMDV capsid proteins has been previously shown to play a role in regulating progeny virus production (Fang Cheng et al., J. Virol. 84:2687-2696, 2010). The present study shows that AMDV has evolved a second strategy to limit expression of capsid proteins by preventing processing of the full-length capsid protein-encoding mRNA transcripts. Characterization of the cis-elements of the proximal polyadenylation site [(pA)p] in the infectious clone of AMDV revealed that polyadenylation at the (pA)p site is controlled by an upstream element (USE) of 200 nts in length, the AAUAAA signal, and a downstream element (DSE) of 40 nts. A decrease in polyadenylation at the (pA)p site, either by mutating the AAUAAA signal or the DSE, which does not affect the encoding of amino acids in the infectious clone, increased the expression of capsid protein VP1/VP2 and thereby increased progeny virus production approximately 2-3-fold. This increase was accompanied by enhanced replication of the AMDV genome. Thus, this study reveals correlations among internal polyadenylation, capsid production, viral DNA replication and progeny virus production of AMDV, indicating that internal polyadenylation is a limiting step for parvovirus replication and progeny virus production.
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- Qinfeng Huang
- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
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Khamrin P, Malasao R, Chaimongkol N, Ukarapol N, Kongsricharoern T, Okitsu S, Hayakawa S, Ushijima H, Maneekarn N. Circulating of human bocavirus 1, 2, 3, and 4 in pediatric patients with acute gastroenteritis in Thailand. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2012; 12:565-9. [PMID: 22333841 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Revised: 01/13/2012] [Accepted: 01/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a newly identified human parvovirus that associated with respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases. Epidemiological surveillance of HBoV was conducted on fecal specimens collected from hospitalized children with diarrhea in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2011. Among a total of 222 fecal specimens tested, 17 (7.7%) were positive for HBoV by PCR. Of the 17 HBoV positive samples, double- or triple-infections together with other enteric viruses were found in 10 (58.8%) pediatric patients, while monoinfection with HBoV alone was detected in seven (41.2%) cases. Mixed infection among HBoV with norovirus GII was frequently observed in this population. The partial VP1 nucleotide sequences of all 17 HBoV strains demonstrated that all four species of HBoV were found in the specimens tested. Eleven strains were HBoV1. Other three strains showed the sequence identity with HBoV2, which were most closely related to the HBoV2A. In addition, other two HBoV strains showed the highest level of nucleotide sequence identity with the HBoV3. It was surprisingly to observe that one Thai HBoV strain showed a unique characteristic similar to the HBoV4, a rare species of HBoV found in acute gastroenteritis patients. In summary, this study presents the genetic background information of HBoV circulated in acute gastroenteritis children in Chiang Mai, Thailand and it was clearly demonstrated that HBoVs circulated in this area were genetically diverse as all four species of HBoVs (HBoV1-4) were detected in the fecal specimens collected from pediatric patients admitted to the hospitals in this area.
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- Pattara Khamrin
- Department of Microbiology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Pogka V, Kossivakis A, Kalliaropoulos A, Moutousi A, Sgouras D, Panagiotopoulos T, Chrousos GP, Theodoridou M, Syriopoulou VP, Mentis AF. Respiratory viruses involved in influenza-like illness in a Greek pediatric population during the winter period of the years 2005-2008. J Med Virol 2012; 83:1841-8. [PMID: 21837803 PMCID: PMC7166977 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Viruses are the major cause of pediatric respiratory tract infection and yet many suspected cases of illness remain uncharacterized. This study aimed to determine the distribution of several respiratory viruses in children diagnosed as having influenza‐like illness, over the winter period of 2005–2008. Molecular assays including conventional and real time PCR protocols, were employed to screen respiratory specimens, collected by clinicians of the Influenza sentinel system and of outpatient pediatric clinics, for identification of several respiratory viruses. Of 1,272 specimens tested, 814 (64%) were positive for at least one virus and included 387 influenza viruses, 160 rhinoviruses, 155 respiratory syncytial viruses, 95 adenoviruses, 81 bocaviruses, 47 parainfluenza viruses, 44 metapneumoviruses, and 30 coronaviruses. Simultaneous presence of two or three viruses was observed in 173 of the above positive cases, 21% of which included influenza virus and rhinovirus. The majority of positive cases occurred during January and February. Influenza virus predominated in children older than 1 year old, with type B being the dominant type for the first season and subtypes A/H3N2 and A/H1N1 the following two winter seasons, respectively. Respiratory syncytial virus prevailed in children younger than 2 years old, with subtypes A and B alternating from year to year. This is the most comprehensive study of the epidemiology of respiratory viruses in Greece, indicating influenza, rhinovirus and respiratory syncytial virus as major contributors to influenza‐like illness in children. J. Med. Virol. 83:1841–1848, 2011. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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- Vasiliki Pogka
- National Influenza Reference Laboratory for Southern Greece, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece
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Lehtoranta L, Söderlund-Venermo M, Nokso-Koivisto J, Toivola H, Blomgren K, Hatakka K, Poussa T, Korpela R, Pitkäranta A. Human bocavirus in the nasopharynx of otitis-prone children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2012; 76:206-11. [PMID: 22119148 PMCID: PMC7172510 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2011] [Revised: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 10/30/2011] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Human bocavirus (HBoV) is frequently identified in children with respiratory tract infections, and its role in acute otitis media (AOM) has been suggested. The disease associations for the closely related bocaviruses HBoV2-4 remain unknown. Increasing evidence shows that probiotics may reduce the risk of AOM of viral origin. Objectives of the study was to examine the prevalence and persistence of bocaviruses in consecutive nasopharyngeal samples (NPS) of otitis-prone children, and whether an association exists between HBoV and the child's characteristics, respiratory symptoms, and AOM pathogens, and whether probiotics reduce the occurrence of HBoV. METHODS In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, 6-month intervention study, 269 otitis-prone children (aged 9 months to 5.6 years), consumed daily either one capsule of probiotics (Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, L. rhamnosus Lc705, Bifidobacterium breve 99 and Propionibacterium freudenreichii JS) or placebo. After a clinical examination and NPS collected at three-time points, the presence and persistence of HBoV1-4 DNA in NPS was determined by RT-qPCR at the baseline, after 3, and 6 months. RESULTS A high load (>10,000 copies/ml) of HBoV DNA was detected in 26 (17.1%) of 152 children, and 16 (10.5%) showed a prolonged presence of HBoV for at least 3 months. None had DNA of HBoV2-4. Higher number of siblings associated with increased HBoV prevalence (p=0.029). Prevalence or persistence of HBoV was not significantly associated with other characteristics, respiratory symptoms, or AOM pathogens. Probiotic intervention significantly reduced the number of HBoV DNA-positive samples (probiotic vs. placebo: 6.4% vs. 19.0%, OR=0.25, CI 95%=0.07-0.94, p=0.039). CONCLUSIONS HBoV, but not HBoV2-4, DNA occurs often in the nasopharynx of otitis-prone children, and may persist for 3-6 months. Probiotic treatment possibly reduced the presence of HBoV.
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- Liisa Lehtoranta
- Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Pharmacology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 63, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, PO Box 21, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, PO Box 220, 00029 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, PO Box 21, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, PO Box 220, 00029 Helsinki, Finland
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- Valio Research Centre, PO Box 30, 00039 VALIO, Finland
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Pharmacology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 63, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, PO Box 220, 00029 Helsinki, Finland,Corresponding author. Tel.: +358 5042471559; fax: +358 947175010.
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Kim CK, Callaway Z, Fujisawa T. Infection, eosinophilia and childhood asthma. Asia Pac Allergy 2012; 2:3-14. [PMID: 22348202 PMCID: PMC3269599 DOI: 10.5415/apallergy.2012.2.1.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2011] [Accepted: 11/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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There is a growing list of viruses and bacteria associated with wheezing illness and asthma. It is well known that a few of these pathogens are strongly associated with wheezing illness and asthma exacerbations. What is not known is if early childhood infections with these pathogens cause asthma, and, if so, exactly what are the pathophysiologic mechanisms behind its development. The current consensus is respiratory infection works together with allergy to produce the immune and physiologic conditions necessary for asthma diasthesis. One link between respiratory infection and asthma may be the eosinophil, a cell that plays prominently in asthma and allergy, but can also be found in the body in response to infection. In turn, the eosinophil and its associated products may be novel therapeutic targets, or at the very least used to elucidate the complex pathophysiologic pathways of asthma and other respiratory illnesses. Together or separately, they can also be used for diagnosis, treatment and monitoring. The optimal care of a patient must take into consideration not only symptoms, but also the underlying disease mechanisms.
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- Chang-Keun Kim
- Asthma & Allergy Center, Department of Pediatrics, Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul 139-707, Korea
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High prevelance of human parvovirus infection in patients with malignant tumors. Oncol Lett 2012; 3:635-640. [PMID: 22740966 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2012.548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2011] [Accepted: 12/21/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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It is well known that the immunity of patients with malignant tumors decreases significantly. An increased parvovirus B19 (B19) infection rate has been observed in immunocompromised hosts. However, only a small amount of literature regarding the risk of human parvovirus infection in patients with malignant tumors is available. To evaluate the correlation of human parvovirus infection with malignant tumors, 288 serum samples from patients with malignant tumors were screened for B19 DNA by nested-PCR. The serum samples, 156 of which were from known clinicopathological cancer patients, were subjected to analysis of the seropositive rate of human bocavirus (HBoV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) and transfusion transmitted virus (TTV) by PCR. A total of 800 normal population sera and 941 aspirate samples from children with respiratory tract infections were used as controls for the detection of B19 and HBoV, respectively. Pairwise comparison between cancerous serum and control samples, and the correlation between parvovirus infection and clinicopathological variables, including gender and cancer type, were evaluated using the χ2 test, Fisher's exact test or the t-test. P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference. The overall prevalence of B19 DNA in cancer patients was 50.69% (146/288), which was significantly higher than that of the healthy controls with 4.5% (36/800) (χ2 test, P<0.0001). Similar results were obtained for HBoV with a 39.74% (62/156) prevalence in cancer patients. However, the infection prevalence of HBV and TTV in the cancer patients was 5.13 (8/156) and 6.41% (10/156), respectively (P<0.0001), which was much less than that of B19 and HBoV. These results revealed that a high risk of B19 and HBoV infection occurred in cancer patients, and a potential correlation exists between parvovirus infection and occurrence of malignant tumors.
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Schildgen O, Qiu J, Söderlund-Venermo M. Genomic features of the human bocaviruses. Future Virol 2012; 7:31-39. [PMID: 22389649 DOI: 10.2217/fvl.11.136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The human bocavirus (HBoV) was initially discovered in 2005 as the second pathogenic member of the parvovirus family, next to the human parvovirus B19. HBoV has since been shown to be extremely common worldwide and to cause a systemic infection in small children often resulting in respiratory disease. Three more, presumably enteric, human bocaviruses (HBoV2-4) have been identified in stool samples. Parvoviruses are assumed to replicate via their genomic terminal hairpin-like structures in a so-called 'rolling-hairpin model'. These terminal sequences have recently been partially identified in head-to-tail HBoV-PCR amplicons from clinical samples, and are most likely hybrid relics of HBoV's predecessors, namely bovine parvovirus 1 on the left-hand side and minute virus of canines on the right, shown for the first time in this article. Thereby, the replication model postulated for HBoV remains questionable as the occurrence of head-to-tail sequences is not a typical feature of the rolling-hairpin replication model. However, such episomes can also be persistent storage forms of the genome.
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- Oliver Schildgen
- Institut für Pathologie, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Klinikum der Privaten Universität Witten/Herdecke, Cologne, Germany
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Nascimento-Carvalho CM, Cardoso MRA, Meriluoto M, Kemppainen K, Kantola K, Ruuskanen O, Hedman K, Söderlund-Venermo M. Human bocavirus infection diagnosed serologically among children admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia in a tropical region. J Med Virol 2011; 84:253-8. [DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Rare, unusual, and less common virus infections after organ transplantation. Curr Opin Organ Transplant 2011; 16:580-7. [DOI: 10.1097/mot.0b013e32834cdaf2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Bonvicini F, Manaresi E, Gentilomi GA, Furio FD, Zerbini M, Musiani M, Gallinella G. Evidence of human bocavirus viremia in healthy blood donors. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2011; 71:460-2. [DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2011] [Revised: 08/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Ghietto LM, Cámara A, Cámara J, Adamo MP. High frequency of human bocavirus 1 DNA in infants and adults with lower acute respiratory infection. J Med Microbiol 2011; 61:548-551. [PMID: 22116985 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.035600-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a parvovirus with a possible aetiological role in respiratory disease that is currently under investigation. We detected HBoV1 in children and adults hospitalized with acute disease of the lower respiratory tract. HBoV genome was detected by PCR in nasopharyngeal swabs collected from 75 patients aged 0-89 years during 2010. HBoV was found in 17/75 (22.7 %) patients, 64.7 % of them infants younger than 1 year old and 29.4 % adults older than 30 years [the bimodal age distribution among HBoV-positive (HBoV(+)) patients was statistically significant, P<0.001]. Of all HBoV(+) cases, 35.3 % were co-infected; all co-infections occurred in children (≤13 years old) and 83.3 % of them were HBoV-respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) co-infections. Among infants younger than 1 year, 50 % HBoV(+) specimens were co-infected, all of them with RSV. The rate of co-infection in infants was significantly higher compared to the frequency of co-infection in the whole cohort (P = 0.003). The results suggest that HBoV1 is involved in acute respiratory disease. Interplay between HBoV1 and RSV cannot be discarded as a cause of elevated percentages of co-detections in infants.
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- Lucía María Ghietto
- Instituto de Virología 'Dr J. M. Vanella', Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Virología 'Dr J. M. Vanella', Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Virología 'Dr J. M. Vanella', Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Virología 'Dr J. M. Vanella', Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
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Shan T, Li L, Simmonds P, Wang C, Moeser A, Delwart E. The fecal virome of pigs on a high-density farm. J Virol 2011; 85:11697-708. [PMID: 21900163 PMCID: PMC3209269 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.05217-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 260] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/23/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Swine are an important source of proteins worldwide but are subject to frequent viral outbreaks and numerous infections capable of infecting humans. Modern farming conditions may also increase viral transmission and potential zoonotic spread. We describe here the metagenomics-derived virome in the feces of 24 healthy and 12 diarrheic piglets on a high-density farm. An average of 4.2 different mammalian viruses were shed by healthy piglets, reflecting a high level of asymptomatic infections. Diarrheic pigs shed an average of 5.4 different mammalian viruses. Ninety-nine percent of the viral sequences were related to the RNA virus families Picornaviridae, Astroviridae, Coronaviridae, and Caliciviridae, while 1% were related to the small DNA virus families Circoviridae, and Parvoviridae. Porcine RNA viruses identified, in order of decreasing number of sequence reads, consisted of kobuviruses, astroviruses, enteroviruses, sapoviruses, sapeloviruses, coronaviruses, bocaviruses, and teschoviruses. The near-full genomes of multiple novel species of porcine astroviruses and bocaviruses were generated and phylogenetically analyzed. Multiple small circular DNA genomes encoding replicase proteins plus two highly divergent members of the Picornavirales order were also characterized. The possible origin of these viral genomes from pig-infecting protozoans and nematodes, based on closest sequence similarities, is discussed. In summary, an unbiased survey of viruses in the feces of intensely farmed animals revealed frequent coinfections with a highly diverse set of viruses providing favorable conditions for viral recombination. Viral surveys of animals can readily document the circulation of known and new viruses, facilitating the detection of emerging viruses and prospective evaluation of their pathogenic and zoonotic potentials.
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- Tongling Shan
- Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
- Zoonosis and Comparative Medicine Group, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Centre for Immunology, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford, California
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
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- Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Uršič T, Jevšnik M, Zigon N, Krivec U, Beden AB, Praprotnik M, Petrovec M. Human bocavirus and other respiratory viral infections in a 2-year cohort of hospitalized children. J Med Virol 2011; 84:99-108. [PMID: 22028039 PMCID: PMC7167050 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Human bocavirus (HBoV) infection is reported worldwide and may cause severe respiratory tract infections. The aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence of HBoV, and other respiratory viral pathogens, in a 2‐year retrospective study of children admitted to hospital, and to investigate whether viral loads of HBoV DNA were associated with severity of infection. Between April 2007 and March 2009, 891 respiratory samples from 760 children admitted to hospital with acute respiratory tract infection were tested for the presence of respiratory viruses by real‐time PCR or direct immunofluorescence testing. HBoV DNA was detected by using internally controlled real‐time quantitative PCR assay and 25 samples selected at random were sequenced. The virus detected most frequently was rhinovirus, followed by respiratory syncytial virus, HBoV, and human metapneumovirus. HBoV DNA was detected in 18.4% of children admitted to hospital. HBoV was the only viral pathogen detected in 66/164 (40.2%) of HBoV DNA‐positive children and in 7.4% of all 891 samples. Ninety‐seven percent (64/66) of children with an HBoV single infection were diagnosed as having lower respiratory tract infection. Median HBoV DNA viral load was significantly higher in children when HBoV was detected as a single pathogen. Higher HBoV DNA viral loads were associated with prematurity and age. HBoV seems to be an important and frequent pathogen in respiratory tract infections in children, and it is likely that the severity of illness is comparable to the severity of RSV illness. J. Med. Virol. 84:99–108, 2011. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Tina Uršič
- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Kantola K, Hedman L, Arthur J, Alibeto A, Delwart E, Jartti T, Ruuskanen O, Hedman K, Söderlund-Venermo M. Seroepidemiology of human bocaviruses 1-4. J Infect Dis 2011; 204:1403-12. [PMID: 21921203 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Recently, 3 new members of the genus Bocavirus, human bocavirus 2 (HBoV2), human bocavirus 3 (HBoV3), and human bocavirus 4 (HBoV4), were discovered. HBoV2-4 occur mainly in the gastrointestinal tract but rarely in the respiratory tract, contrary to human bocavirus 1 (HBoV1). METHODS To investigate HBoV1-4 seroepidemiology among 195 adults and 252 wheezing children, we conducted immunoglobulin G (IgG) and immunoglobulin M (IgM) enzyme immunoassays with recombinant viruslike particles (VLPs). The children's sera were also tested for HBoV1-4 DNA by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). RESULTS Both rabbit and human antibodies to HBoV1-4 VP2 VLPs were found to be cross-reactive. After depletion of HBoV1-reactive antibodies, the HBoV2-4 approximate seroprevalences in adults were 34%, 15%, and 2% and in children aged 1-2 years 25%, 10%, and 5%, respectively. After depletion of HBoV2-4-reactive antibodies, the HBoV1 seroprevalence among adults decreased from 96% to 59%. No cross-reactivity of human anti-HBoV IgG was observed with bovine parvovirus1, parvovirus B19 or PARV4. No child was HBoV2-4 viremic. CONCLUSIONS HBoV2-4 infect humans less commonly and elicit weaker B-cell responses than HBoV1. In our study HBoV2-4 did not seem to have a major etiological role in wheezing. Cross-reactivity with HBoV2-4 IgG partially accounts for the high HBoV1 seroprevalences previously reported. Correction for cross-reactivity is a prerequisite for VLP-based HBoV seroepidemiology.
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- Kalle Kantola
- Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Kapoor A, Hornig M, Asokan A, Williams B, Henriquez JA, Lipkin WI. Bocavirus episome in infected human tissue contains non-identical termini. PLoS One 2011; 6:e21362. [PMID: 21738642 PMCID: PMC3125170 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2011] [Accepted: 05/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Human bocaviruses (HBoV) are highly prevalent human infections whose pathogenic potential remains unknown. Recent identification of the first non-human primate bocavirus [1] in captive gorillas raised the possibility of the persistent nature of bocavirus infection. To characterize bocavirus infection in humans, we tested intestinal biopsies from 22 children with gastrointestinal disease for the presence of HBoV DNA. Four HBoV-positive tissue samples were analyzed to determine whether viral DNA was present in the linear genomic, the episomal closed circular or the host genome-integrated form. Whereas one tissue sample positive for HBoV3 contained the episomal form (HBoV3-E1), none had the genome-integrated form. The complete genome sequence of HBoV3-E1 contains 5319 nucleotides of which 513 represent the non-coding terminal sequence. The secondary structure of HBoV3-E1 termini suggests several conserved and variable features among human and animal bocaviruses. Our observation that HBoV genome exists as head-to-tail monomer in infected tissue either reflects the likely evolution of alternative replication mechanism in primate bocaviruses or a mechanism of viral persistence in their host. Moreover, we identified the HBoV genomic terminal sequences that will be helpful in developing reverse genetic systems for these widely prevalent parvoviruses. Significance HBoV have been found in healthy human controls as well as individuals with respiratory or gastrointestinal disease. Our findings suggest that HBoV DNA can exist as episomes in infected human tissues and therefore can likely establish persistent infection in the host. Previous efforts to grow HBoV in cell culture and to develop reverse genetic systems have been unsuccessful. Complete genomic sequence of the HBoV3 episome and its genomic termini will improve our understanding of HBoV replication mechanism and its pathogenesis.
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- Amit Kapoor
- Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America.
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Molecular Detection of Respiratory Viruses. Mol Microbiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1128/9781555816834.ch39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Pavia AT. Viral infections of the lower respiratory tract: old viruses, new viruses, and the role of diagnosis. Clin Infect Dis 2011; 52 Suppl 4:S284-9. [PMID: 21460286 PMCID: PMC3106235 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Viral infections of the lower respiratory tract cause an enormous disease burden in children, and the role of respiratory viruses in serious lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in older adults is increasingly appreciated. Although viruses are responsible for a large proportion LRTIs, antibiotics are often prescribed. New diagnostic platforms have the potential to detect a wider range of established and newly discovered viruses with greater sensitivity. This will create additional challenges. Although it is clear that influenza, parainfluenza, respiratory syncytial virus, human metapneumovirus, and adenovirus are important causes of pneumonia, the role of rhinoviruses and some of the newly described viruses, including human coronaviruses and bocavirus, is harder to determine. Better diagnostic tests that establish the cause of LRTIs in children have the potential to both reduce overall antibiotic use and to improve the targeted use of antibiotics. In addition, rapid identification of viral infections can help control nosocomial transmission.
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- Andrew T Pavia
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.
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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of pediatric gastroenteritis associated with new viral agents. Arch Virol 2011; 156:1583-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00705-011-1037-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2011] [Accepted: 05/15/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Shan T, Lan D, Li L, Wang C, Cui L, Zhang W, Hua X, Zhu C, Zhao W, Delwart E. Genomic characterization and high prevalence of bocaviruses in swine. PLoS One 2011; 6:e17292. [PMID: 21525999 PMCID: PMC3078135 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2010] [Accepted: 01/27/2011] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Using random PCR amplification followed by plasmid subcloning and DNA sequencing, we detected bocavirus related sequences in 9 out of 17 porcine stool samples. Using primer walking, we sequenced the nearly complete genomes of two highly divergent bocaviruses we provisionally named porcine bocavirus 1 isolate H18 (PBoV1-H18) and porcine bocavirus 2 isolate A6 (PBoV2-A6) which differed by 51.8% in their NS1 protein. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that PBoV1-H18 was very closely related to a ∼2 Kb central region of a porcine bocavirus-like virus (PBo-LikeV) from Sweden described in 2009. PBoV2-A6 was very closely related to the porcine bocavirus genomes PBoV-1 and PBoV2 from China described in 2010. Among 340 fecal samples collected from different age, asymptomatic swine in five Chinese provinces, the prevalence of PBoV1-H18 and PBoV2-A6 related viruses were 45-75% and 55-70% respectively, with 30-47% of pigs co-infected. PBoV1-A6 related strains were highly conserved, while PBoV2-H18 related strains were more diverse, grouping into two genotypes corresponding to the previously described PBoV1 and PBoV2. Together with the recently described partial bocavirus genomes labeled V6 and V7, a total of three major porcine bocavirus clades have therefore been described to date. Further studies will be required to elucidate the possible pathogenic impact of these diverse bocaviruses either alone or in combination with other porcine viruses.
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- Tongling Shan
- Zoonosis and Comparative Medicine Group, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Molecular diagnostic assays for detection of viral respiratory pathogens in institutional outbreaks. Mol Diagn Ther 2011; 14:283-93. [PMID: 21053994 PMCID: PMC7099217 DOI: 10.1007/bf03256384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Outbreaks of viral respiratory disease in institutions may be associated with high morbidity and mortality, depending upon the viral etiology and the age and immune status of the affected patients. Control of outbreaks may include isolation and/or cohorting, and prohylaxis or treatment with specific antiviral agents may be indicated, all dependent upon the specific cause of the outbreak. Conventional methods of viral diagnosis detect only a limited number of the viruses that are known to cause outbreaks. The availability of sensitive and specific molecular assays has facilitated rapid diagnosis of a wider range of viruses from respiratory outbreaks. Molecular methods have distinct advantages over conventional methods, including the ability to rapidly develop assays for emerging viruses and new variants of existing viruses. In addition, molecular testing allows rapid detection of resistance to antiviral agents or mutations leading to increased virulence. However, high-throughput molecular testing requires batch processes that may compromise the ability to respond quickly to urgent testing demands.
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McErlean P, Greiman A, Favoreto S, Avila PC. Viral diversity in asthma. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2011; 30:481-95, v. [PMID: 21029933 PMCID: PMC2967440 DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2010.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Peter McErlean
- Division of Allergy-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 240 East Huron, McGaw M530h, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Santos RA, Nogueira CS, Granja S, Baptista JB, Ribeiro ML, Rocha MG. Kawasaki disease and human bocavirus--potential association? JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, AND INFECTION = WEI MIAN YU GAN RAN ZA ZHI 2011; 44:235-7. [PMID: 21524620 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2011.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2009] [Revised: 12/04/2010] [Accepted: 12/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile multisystem vasculitic syndrome of unknown etiology, occurring mostly in infants and children younger than 5 years of age. We present a 13-month-old male with KD from whom was found human bocavirus DNA in nasopharyngeal secretions. Human bocavirus DNA in a patient with KD raised question about the coincidental or possible etiological association.
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- R A Santos
- Pediatric Hospital of Coimbra, Avenida Bissaya Barreto, Coimbra, Portugal
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Pham NTK, Trinh QD, Chan-It W, Khamrin P, Nishimura S, Sugita K, Maneekarn N, Okitsu S, Mizuguchi M, Ushijima H. Human bocavirus infection in children with acute gastroenteritis in Japan and Thailand. J Med Virol 2010; 83:286-90. [DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Durigon GS, Oliveira DBL, Vollet SB, Storni JG, Felício MCC, Finelli C, Piera J, Magalhães M, Caldeira RN, Barbosa ML, Durigon EL, Berezin EN. Hospital-acquired human bocavirus in infants. J Hosp Infect 2010; 76:171-3. [PMID: 20619493 PMCID: PMC7114665 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2009] [Accepted: 04/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a respiratory pathogen that affects young children. We screened 511 nasopharyngeal aspirates for hospital-acquired HBoV from infants hospitalised with respiratory infection from January to December 2008. Among 55 children with HBoV infection, 10 cases were hospital-acquired. Compared with the community-acquired cases, coinfection with other respiratory viruses in these patients was uncommon. HBoV should be considered for inclusion in screening protocols for nosocomial childhood respiratory infections, especially in intensive care units.
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- G S Durigon
- Department of Paediatrics, Santa Casa de Misericórdia Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Callaway Z, Kim CK. Respiratory viruses, eosinophilia and their roles in childhood asthma. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2010; 155:1-11. [PMID: 21109743 DOI: 10.1159/000319842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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With the advent of highly sensitive and specific screening of respiratory specimens for viruses, new viruses are discovered, adding to the growing list of those associated with wheezing illness and asthma exacerbations. It is not known whether early childhood infections with these viruses cause asthma, and, if so, what exactly are the pathophysiologic mechanisms behind its development. The current consensus is that respiratory viral infection works together with allergy to produce the immune and physiologic conditions necessary for asthma diasthesis. One link between viruses and asthma may be the eosinophil, a cell that plays a prominent role in asthma and allergy, but can also be found in the body in response to viral infection. In turn, the eosinophil and its associated products may be novel therapeutic targets, or at the very least, used to elucidate the complex pathophysiologic pathways of asthma and other respiratory illnesses. Together or separately, they can be used for diagnosis, treatment and monitoring. Not only symptoms, but also the underlying disease mechanisms must be taken into consideration for the optimal care of a patient.
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- Zak Callaway
- Department of Pediatrics, Asthma and Allergy Center, Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Wang W, Cavailler P, Ren P, Zhang J, Dong W, Yan H, Mardy S, Cailhol J, Buchy P, Sheng J, Fontanet A, Deubel V. Molecular monitoring of causative viruses in child acute respiratory infection in endemo-epidemic situations in Shanghai. J Clin Virol 2010; 49:211-8. [PMID: 20855230 PMCID: PMC7185670 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2010] [Revised: 08/02/2010] [Accepted: 08/11/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Numerous viruses are responsible for respiratory infections; however, both their distribution and genetic diversity, in a limited area and a population subgroup, have been studied only rarely during a sustained period of time. METHODS A 2-year surveillance program of children presenting with acute respiratory infections (ARIs) was carried out to characterize the viral etiology and to assess whether using gene amplification and sequencing could be a reliable approach to monitor virus introduction and spread in a population subgroup. RESULTS Using multiplex RT-PCR, 15 different respiratory viruses were detected within the 486 nasopharyngeal positive samples collected among 817 children aged <9-year old who presented with ARI during October 2006 to September 2008. A single virus was detected in 373 patients (45.7%), and two to four viruses in 113 patients (13.8%). The most frequent causative viruses were respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (24.7%), human bocavirus (24.5%), and human rhinovirus (HRV) (15%). RSV was more prevalent in winter and among young infants. Cases of seasonal influenza A and B viruses were reported mainly in January and August. An increase in adenovirus infection was observed during the spring of the second year of the study. Sequence analyses showed multiple introductions of different virus subtypes and identified a high prevalence of the newly defined HRV-C species. A higher viral incidence was observed during the winter of 2008, which was unusually cold. CONCLUSIONS This study supports the usefulness of multiplex RT-PCR for virus detection and co-infection, and for implementation of a molecular monitoring system for endemic and epidemic viral respiratory infections.
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- Wei Wang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Unit of Emerging Viruses, Shanghai, PR China
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Salmón-Mulanovich G, Sovero M, Laguna-Torres VA, Kochel TJ, Lescano AG, Chauca G, Sanchez JF, Rodriguez F, Parrales E, Ocaña V, Barrantes M, Blazes DL, Montgomery JM. Frequency of human bocavirus (HBoV) infection among children with febrile respiratory symptoms in Argentina, Nicaragua and Peru. Influenza Other Respir Viruses 2010; 5:1-5. [PMID: 21138534 PMCID: PMC4066840 DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2010.00160.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Globally, respiratory infections are the primary cause of illness in developing countries, specifically among children; however, an etiological agent for many of these illnesses is rarely identified. OBJECTIVES Our study aimed to estimate the frequency of human bocavirus (HBoV) infection among pediatric populations in Argentina, Nicaragua and Peru. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study using stored samples of an influenza-like illness surveillance program. Irrespective of previous diagnosis, nasopharyngeal or nasal swab specimens were randomly selected and tested using real-time PCR from three sites during 2007 from patients younger than 6 years old. RESULTS A total of 568 specimens from Argentina (185), Nicaragua (192) and Peru (191) were tested. The prevalence of HBoV was 10·8% (95% CI: 6·3; 15·3) in Argentina, 33·3% in Nicaragua (95% CI: 26·6; 40·1) and 25·1% in Peru (95% CI: 18·9; 31·3). CONCLUSIONS These findings demonstrate circulation of HBoV in Argentina, Nicaragua and Peru among children with influenza-like symptoms enrolled in a sentinel surveillance program.
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Kumar D, Humar A. Respiratory viral infections in transplant and oncology patients. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2010; 24:395-412. [PMID: 20466276 PMCID: PMC7135290 DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2010.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Deepali Kumar
- Department of Medicine, Transplant Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta, 6-030 Katz-Rexall Center for Health Research, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada.
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Pham NTK, Trinh QD, Chan-It W, Khamrin P, Shimizu H, Okitsu S, Mizuguchi M, Ushijima H. A novel RT-multiplex PCR for detection of Aichi virus, human parechovirus, enteroviruses, and human bocavirus among infants and children with acute gastroenteritis. J Virol Methods 2010; 169:193-7. [PMID: 20691209 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2010] [Revised: 07/24/2010] [Accepted: 07/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A novel reverse transcription-multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay was developed to detect Aichi virus, human parechovirus, enteroviruses, and human bocavirus. A mixture of four pairs of published specific primers, 6261 and 6779, ev22(+) and ev22(-), F1 and R1, 188F and 542R, was used to amplify the viral genomes and specifically generate four different amplicon sizes of 519, 270, 440, and 354 bp for Aichi virus, human parechovirus, enteroviruses, and human bocavirus, respectively. A total of 247 fecal specimens previously screened for rotavirus, adenovirus, norovirus, sapovirus, and astrovirus-negative, collected from infants and children with acute gastroenteritis in Japan from July 2007 to June 2008, were tested further for the presence of the four viruses, Aichi virus, human parechovirus, enteroviruses, and human bocavirus, by RT-multiplex PCR. The total detection rate of these viruses was 26.7% (66 out of 247 samples). Of these, HPeV, EVs, and HBoV were identified in 20, 41, and 5 specimens. No Aichi virus was found among these subjects. The sensitivity and specificity of RT-multiplex PCR were assessed and demonstrated a strong validation against RT-monoplex PCR. This is the first report of detecting these types of viruses in fecal samples from infants and children with acute gastroenteritis by RT-multiplex PCR.
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- Ngan Thi Kim Pham
- Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, Institute of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Widespread infection with homologues of human parvoviruses B19, PARV4, and human bocavirus of chimpanzees and gorillas in the wild. J Virol 2010; 84:10289-96. [PMID: 20668071 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01304-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Infections with human parvoviruses B19 and recently discovered human bocaviruses (HBoVs) are widespread, while PARV4 infections are transmitted parenterally and prevalent specifically in injecting drug users and hemophiliacs. To investigate the exposure and circulation of parvoviruses related to B19 virus, PARV4, and HBoV in nonhuman primates, plasma samples collected from 73 Cameroonian wild-caught chimpanzees and gorillas and 91 Old World monkey (OWM) species were screened for antibodies to recombinant B19 virus, PARV4, and HBoV VP2 antigens by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Moderate to high frequencies of seroreactivity to PARV4 (63% and 18% in chimpanzees and gorillas, respectively), HBoV (73% and 36%), and B19 virus (8% and 27%) were recorded for apes, while OWMs were uniformly negative (for PARV4 and B19 virus) or infrequently reactive (3% for HBoV). For genetic characterization, plasma samples and 54 fecal samples from chimpanzees and gorillas collected from Cameroonian forest floors were screened by PCR with primers conserved within Erythrovirus, Bocavirus, and PARV4 genera. Two plasma samples (chimpanzee and baboon) were positive for PARV4, while four fecal samples were positive for HBoV-like viruses. The chimpanzee PARV4 variant showed 18% and 15% nucleotide sequence divergence in NS and VP1/2, respectively, from human variants (9% and 7% amino acid, respectively), while the baboon variant was substantially more divergent, mirroring host phylogeny. Ape HBoV variants showed complex sequence relationships with human viruses, comprising separate divergent homologues of HBoV1 and the recombinant HBoV3 species in chimpanzees and a novel recombinant species in gorillas. This study provides the first evidence for widespread circulation of parvoviruses in primates and enables future investigations of their epidemiology, host specificity, and (co)evolutionary histories.
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Identification and characterization of a new bocavirus species in gorillas. PLoS One 2010; 5:e11948. [PMID: 20668709 PMCID: PMC2909267 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2010] [Accepted: 07/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A novel parvovirus, provisionally named Gorilla Bocavirus species 1 (GBoV1), was identified in four stool samples from Western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) with acute enteritis. The complete genomic sequence of the new parvovirus revealed three open reading frames (ORFs) with an organization similar to that of known bocaviruses. Phylogenetic analysis using complete capsid and non structural (NS) gene sequence suggested that the new parvovirus is most closely related to human bocaviruses (HBoV). However, the NS ORF is more similar in length to the NS ORF found in canine minute virus and bovine parvovirus than in HBoV. Comparative genetic analysis using GBoV and HBoV genomes enabled characterization of unique splice donor and acceptor sites that appear to be highly conserved among all four HBoV species, and provided evidence for expression of two different NS proteins in all primate bocaviruses. GBoV is the first non-human primate bocavirus identified and provides new insights into the genetic diversity and evolution of this highly prevalent and recently discovered group of parvoviruses.
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High prevalence of antibodies against polyomavirus WU, polyomavirus KI, and human bocavirus in German blood donors. BMC Infect Dis 2010; 10:215. [PMID: 20646318 PMCID: PMC2919546 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2009] [Accepted: 07/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background DNA of the polyomaviruses WU (WUPyV) and KI (KIPyV) and of human bocavirus (HBoV) has been detected with varying frequency in respiratory tract samples of children. However, only little is known about the humoral immune response against these viruses. Our aim was to establish virus-specific serological assays and to determine the prevalence of immunoglobulin G (IgG) against these three viruses in the general population. Methods The capsid proteins VP1 of WUPyV and KIPyV and VP2 of HBoV were cloned into baculovirus vectors and expressed in Sf9 insect cells. IgG antibodies against WUPyV VP1, KIPyV VP1, and HBoV VP2 were determined by immunofluorescence assays in 100 plasma samples of blood donors. Results The median age of the blood donors was 31 years (range 20 - 66 yrs), 52% were male. 89% of the samples were positive for WUPyV IgG (median age 31 yrs, 49.4% male), 67% were positive for KIPyV IgG (median age 32 yrs, 46.3% male), and 76% were positive for HBoV IgG (median age 32 yrs, 51.3% male). For WUPyV and HBoV, there were no significant differences of the seropositivity rates with respect to age groups or gender. For KIPyV, the seropositivity rate increased significantly from 59% in the age group 20 - 29 years to 100% in the age group > 50 years. Conclusions High prevalences of antibodies against WUPyV, KIPyV, and HBoV were found in plasma samples of healthy adults. The results indicate that primary infection with these viruses occurs during childhood or youth. For KIPyV, the seropositivity appears to increase further during adulthood.
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Zhai S, Yue C, Wei Z, Long J, Ran D, Lin T, Deng Y, Huang L, Sun L, Zheng H, Gao F, Zheng H, Chen S, Yuan S. High prevalence of a novel porcine bocavirus in weanling piglets with respiratory tract symptoms in China. Arch Virol 2010; 155:1313-7. [PMID: 20495986 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-010-0698-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 05/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This study presents the first evidence of infection by a novel porcine bocavirus (PBoV) in Chinese swine herds. The PCR detection results showed that PBoV was significantly more prevalent in weanling piglets (69.7%, 69/99) with respiratory tract symptoms than that in other samples (0-13.6%) (P < 0.01). Sequence analysis showed that the partial VP1/2 genes were highly conserved (99-100% identity), and only five frequent nucleotide mutation positions existed in Chinese PBoV strains. These data indicate that PBoV might be an emerging virus for swine respiratory tract diseases. This study could help us to better understand the epidemiology of PBoV.
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- Shaolun Zhai
- Department of Swine Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Aricultural Sciences, No. 518 Ziyue Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200241, China
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Kapoor A, Simmonds P, Slikas E, Li L, Bodhidatta L, Sethabutr O, Triki H, Bahri O, Oderinde BS, Baba MM, Bukbuk DN, Besser J, Bartkus J, Delwart E. Human bocaviruses are highly diverse, dispersed, recombination prone, and prevalent in enteric infections. J Infect Dis 2010; 201:1633-43. [PMID: 20415538 PMCID: PMC2902747 DOI: 10.1086/652416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 279] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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A new species of parvovirus, tentatively named human bocavirus 4 (HBoV4), was genetically characterized. Among 641 feces samples obtained from children and adults, the most commonly detected bocavirus species were, in descending order, HBoV2, HBoV3, HBoV4, and HBoV1, with an HBoV2 prevalence of 21% and 26% in Nigerian and Tunisian children, respectively. HBoV3 or HBoV4 species were found in 12 of 192 patients with non-polio acute flaccid paralysis in Tunisia and Nigeria and 0 of 96 healthy Tunisian contacts (P= .01). Evidence of extensive recombination at the NP1 and VP1 gene boundary between and within bocavirus species was found. The high degree of genetic diversity seen among the human bocaviruses found in feces specimens, relative to the highly homogeneous HBoV1, suggest that this worldwide-distributed respiratory pathogen may have recently evolved from an enteric bocavirus after acquiring an expanded tropism favoring the respiratory tract. Elucidating the possible role of the newly identified enteric bocaviruses in human diseases, including acute flaccid paralysis and diarrhea, will require further epidemiological studies.
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- Amit Kapoor
- Blood Systems Research Institute, and Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, 270 Masonic Ave., San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
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Huang Y, Mao P, Wang H. Detection of, and frequent co-infection with, human bocavirus in faecal specimens from children in Wuhan, China. Clin Microbiol Infect 2010; 16:490-2. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02862.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chatzidimitriou D, Exindari M, Gavriilaki E, Skoura L, Gioula G, Melidou A, Malisiovas N. Absence of human bocavirus in atherosclerotic plaques of carotid arteries by real-time polymerase chain reaction. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 42:623-5. [DOI: 10.3109/00365541003716518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Wang K, Wang W, Yan H, Ren P, Zhang J, Shen J, Deubel V. Correlation between bocavirus infection and humoral response, and co-infection with other respiratory viruses in children with acute respiratory infection. J Clin Virol 2010; 47:148-55. [PMID: 20022295 PMCID: PMC7172221 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2009] [Revised: 11/08/2009] [Accepted: 11/11/2009] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Human bocavirus (HBoV), a recently discovered virus, is prevalent among children with respiratory tract infection throughout the world. Co-infection was frequently found in HBoV-positive patients. Thus, whether HBoV is responsible for the respiratory disease is still arguable. OBJECTIVES A comprehensive study was carried out to integrate clinical and virological prevalence in HBoV-positive outpatient children, and to determine genetic and serologic characteristics of HBoV in Shanghai, China. STUDY DESIGN Nasal/throat swabs and sera were obtained over a 2-year period from 817 children with respiratory tract infection to examine the presence of HBoV and its co-infection. The seroepidemiology of HBoV was studied by ELISA and Western blot against the capsid protein VP2-based fragment. Persistence of HBoV was also analyzed in 12 pairs of return-visit cases. RESULTS HBoV was identified in 96 samples (11.8%). The co-infection rate with other respiratory viruses was 51%. IgM was detected in 55.7% of HBoV RT-PCR-positive patients, and in 72.7% of those who had high viral genome load. In addition, persistent viral DNA positivity was detected in 10 of 12 HBoV-positive cases tested, an average of 14 days later, and one child was still HBoV-positive after 31 days. CONCLUSION HBoV was found frequently in children with respiratory tract symptoms associated with other respiratory viruses, and persisted in the respiratory tract and in serum and urine. The presence of IgM was significantly more prevalent in viremic patients and those diagnosed with high load of HBoV DNA in nasal/throat swabs.
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- Kai Wang
- Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Souza EL, Ramos JG, Proença-Módena JL, Diniz A, Carvalho G, Ciuffo I, Araújo-Neto CA, Andrade SC, Souza LS, Arruda E, Silva L. Human bocavirus in very young infants hospitalized with acute respiratory infection in northeast Brazil. J Trop Pediatr 2010; 56:125-7. [PMID: 19401408 PMCID: PMC7107236 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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A cross-sectional study was carried out over a period of 12 months to investigate the occurrence of human bocavirus (HBoV) infection in infants hospitalized for respiratory infections in a teaching hospital in Salvador, Brazil, and to describe the clinical manifestations of this infection. Nasopharyngeal aspirates were collected from the children and immunofluorescence and polymerase chain reaction were performed to investigate the presence of respiratory viruses. HBoV was detected in 4 out of 66 patients. Two of the HBoV-positive infants were co-infected with other viruses. The principal clinical findings in HBoV-positive children were: nasal obstruction, catarrh, cough, fever and dyspnea. This study revealed HBoV infection in children aged <2 months, suggesting that the infection may occur at a very early age.
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- Edna Lucia Souza
- Department of Pediatrics of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil, Central Laboratory of Public Health, Salvador, Brazil and Department of Image Diagnosis of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine of Faculty of Technology and Sciences, Salvador, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil, Central Laboratory of Public Health, Salvador, Brazil and Department of Image Diagnosis of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine of Faculty of Technology and Sciences, Salvador, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil, Central Laboratory of Public Health, Salvador, Brazil and Department of Image Diagnosis of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine of Faculty of Technology and Sciences, Salvador, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil, Central Laboratory of Public Health, Salvador, Brazil and Department of Image Diagnosis of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine of Faculty of Technology and Sciences, Salvador, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil, Central Laboratory of Public Health, Salvador, Brazil and Department of Image Diagnosis of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine of Faculty of Technology and Sciences, Salvador, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil, Central Laboratory of Public Health, Salvador, Brazil and Department of Image Diagnosis of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine of Faculty of Technology and Sciences, Salvador, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil, Central Laboratory of Public Health, Salvador, Brazil and Department of Image Diagnosis of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine of Faculty of Technology and Sciences, Salvador, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil, Central Laboratory of Public Health, Salvador, Brazil and Department of Image Diagnosis of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine of Faculty of Technology and Sciences, Salvador, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil, Central Laboratory of Public Health, Salvador, Brazil and Department of Image Diagnosis of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine of Faculty of Technology and Sciences, Salvador, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil, Central Laboratory of Public Health, Salvador, Brazil and Department of Image Diagnosis of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine of Faculty of Technology and Sciences, Salvador, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil, Central Laboratory of Public Health, Salvador, Brazil and Department of Image Diagnosis of School Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, School Medicine of Faculty of Technology and Sciences, Salvador, Brazil
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Bocavirus infection induces mitochondrion-mediated apoptosis and cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase. J Virol 2010; 84:5615-26. [PMID: 20335259 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02094-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Bocavirus is a newly classified genus of the family Parvovirinae. Infection with Bocavirus minute virus of canines (MVC) produces a strong cytopathic effect in permissive Walter Reed/3873D (WRD) canine cells. We have systematically characterized the MVC infection-produced cytopathic effect in WRD cells, namely, the cell death and cell cycle arrest, and carefully examined how MVC infection induces the cytopathic effect. We found that MVC infection induces an apoptotic cell death characterized by Bax translocalization to the mitochondrial outer membrane, disruption of the mitochondrial outer membrane potential, and caspase activation. Moreover, we observed that the activation of caspases occurred only when the MVC genome was replicating, suggesting that replication of the MVC genome induces apoptosis. MVC infection also induced a gradual cell cycle arrest from the S phase in early infection to the G(2)/M phase at a later stage, which was confirmed by the upregulation of cyclin B1 and phosphorylation of cdc2. Cell cycle arrest at the G(2)/M phase was reproduced by transfection of a nonreplicative NS1 knockout mutant of the MVC infectious clone, as well as by inoculation of UV-irradiated MVC. In contrast with other parvoviruses, only expression of the MVC proteins by transfection did not induce apoptosis or cell cycle arrest. Taken together, our results demonstrate that MVC infection induces a mitochondrion-mediated apoptosis that is dependent on the replication of the viral genome, and the MVC genome per se is able to arrest the cell cycle at the G(2)/M phase. Our results may shed light on the molecular pathogenesis of Bocavirus infection in general.
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Chatzidimitriou D, Gavriilaki E, Sakellari I, Diza E. Hematopoietic cell transplantation and emerging viral infections. J Med Virol 2010; 82:528-38. [PMID: 20087928 PMCID: PMC7166846 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/21/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Viral infections remain important causes of morbidity and mortality in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients. More recent developments in preparative regimens and graft manipulations, as well as the control of well-recognized post-transplant infections by the introduction of prophylaxis and preemptive strategies, have influenced the timing and the epidemiology of infections. As new pathogens, such as human metapneumovirus (HMPV), human bocavirus, human coronaviruses HCoV-NL63 and HCoV-HKU1, human herpesviruses HHV-6 and HHV-7, and polyomaviruses, have emerged, it is fundamental to determine the significance of the newly discovered viruses and their role in the transplantation field. This article summarizes recent data on epidemiology and laboratory diagnosis of new pathogens, as well as clinical features and management of the associated infectious complications. J. Med. Virol. 82:528-538, 2010. (c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- 2nd Department of Microbiology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Haidopoulou K, Goutaki M, Damianidou L, Eboriadou M, Antoniadis A, Papa A. Human bocavirus infections in hospitalized Greek children. Arch Med Sci 2010; 6:100-3. [PMID: 22371728 PMCID: PMC3278951 DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2010.13515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2009] [Revised: 09/05/2009] [Accepted: 09/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The epidemiology of human bocavirus (HBoV) infections has not been described in Greece, a south-eastern European country. To define the epidemiological profile and the clinical characteristics associated with HBoV infection in a population of children hospitalized with respiratory tract infection. MATERIAL AND METHODS During a one-year period throat swab samples were collected from 370 previously healthy children, aged 14 days to 13 years, admitted to two different paediatric wards because of respiratory tract infection. Samples were tested for HBoV by PCR amplifying a part of the NS1 gene. RESULTS Human bocavirus was detected in 12 children (3.2%). Four of the 12 cases were co-infections, 3 of them with influenza A and 1 with coronavirus OC43. Cases were observed only during the cold months. The mean age of children was 1.8 years (range 2 months to 4 years). The most common symptoms were fever, cough and various degrees of respiratory distress. All children were clinically diagnosed as having lower respiratory tract infections, mainly pneumonia and acute laryngotracheobronchitis, and recovered uneventfully. CONCLUSIONS HBoV infections occur in Greece mostly among very young children. They accounted for 3.2% of children hospitalized with acute respiratory disease. Cases were observed only in late autumn to early spring.
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- Katerina Haidopoulou
- 4 Department of Paediatrics, Papageorgiou Hospital, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 4 Department of Paediatrics, Papageorgiou Hospital, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 2 Department of Paediatrics, AHEPA Hospital, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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- 2 Department of Paediatrics, AHEPA Hospital, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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- A’ Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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- A’ Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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Don M, Söderlund-Venermo M, Valent F, Lahtinen A, Hedman L, Canciani M, Hedman K, Korppi M. Serologically verified human bocavirus pneumonia in children. Pediatr Pulmonol 2010; 45:120-6. [PMID: 19960524 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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WORKING HYPOTHESIS Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a newly identified parvovirus frequently found in children suffering from acute respiratory and intestinal infections. The aim of the present study was to evaluate, by using a newly developed antibody assay, the role of HBoV in pediatric community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and the seropositivity rate to HBoV in a prospective study in North-Italian children. MATERIALS/PATIENTS AND METHODS During a 15-month study period, 124 children were admitted due to presumptive pneumonia, and in 101 of them, pneumonia was radiologically confirmed. The etiology of CAP was studied by antibody assays to 16 microbes, including the newly developed enzyme immunoassay for HBoV. RESULTS Serological evidence of acute HBoV infection was found in 12 (12%) children, being single in 7 and mixed in 5 cases (4 with other viruses and 3 with bacteria). IgM was positive in 11 cases. A diagnostic rise in IgG antibodies between paired sera was observed in six cases. HBoV was the second most common virus next to respiratory syncytial virus (17%). The seropositivity rate to HBoV increased with age, reaching nearly 100% before school age. CONCLUSIONS The present results show that HBoV is able to induce significant antibody responses and suggest that HBoV may be a fairly common cause of pneumonia in children. Seroconversion to HBoV in most children takes place in early childhood.
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- Pediatric Department, School of Medicine, DPMSC, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
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Kroes AC. Parvoviruses. Infect Dis (Lond) 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-04579-7.00158-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Parvovirus B19 is a single-stranded DNA virus which causes severe disease in immunocompromised patients and foetal loss in pregnant women. It is classified as an Erythrovirus and this genus also comprises two related viral genotypes (so-called LaLi/A6 (genotype 2) and V9 (genotype 3)) which appear to be immunologically indistinguishable from Parvovirus B19. Serological and nucleic acid test (NAT) systems to detect Parvovirus B19-mediated infection are commercially available; however, some NAT systems are genotype-specific. International standard preparations of Parvovirus B19 IgG and DNA have been produced for assay standardisation purposes, and to ensure consistency of assay manufacture and performance. Immunological assays, such as B-cell ELISpot, T-cell stimulation, and cytokine detection can also be used to confirm exposure to Parvovirus B19. Immunohistochemical techniques, employing commercially available monoclonal antibodies, are used to localise the virus in infected tissue and Parvovirus B19 viral antigen can also be detected in serum and plasma using antigen-specific ELISA. NAT systems have also been described to detect newly identified parvoviruses such as human bocavirus (HBoV), PARV4, and PARV5, although absolute confirmation of clinical diseases associated with these agents is required. This chapter describes the current status of detection systems for all the aforementioned parvoviruses, with particular emphasis on Erythrovirus detection by serological, NAT, and immunological approaches.
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- Department of Biology, National University Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland.
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Korppi M. Management of bacterial infections in children with asthma. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2009; 7:869-77. [PMID: 19735226 DOI: 10.1586/eri.09.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Respiratory viruses are the single most common causes of asthma exacerbations in children. Rhinovirus-induced wheezing is a risk factor for chronic asthma, but its mechanism has remained unknown. Human bocavirus is a common finding in wheezing children, but its role as a respiratory pathogen is still unclear. Mycoplasma pneumoniae may, like viruses, induce wheezing and asthma exacerbation. Chlamydia pneumoniae and, in recent studies, Chlamydia trachomatis, may not only induce asthma exacerbations but may also be involved in the pathogenesis of chronic asthma. Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis are often involved in respiratory infections associated with wheezing, but there is no evidence for their active role in asthma pathogenesis or exacerbation. This review summarizes current knowledge on the association between respiratory infections and asthma in children, with a special focus on the role of antibiotics in incipient asthma, asthma exacerbation and chronic stable asthma.
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- Matti Korppi
- Paediatric Research Centre, Tampere University and University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
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Rapid molecular evolution of human bocavirus revealed by Bayesian coalescent inference. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2009; 10:215-20. [PMID: 19932194 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2009] [Revised: 10/09/2009] [Accepted: 11/16/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a linear single-stranded DNA virus belonging to the Parvoviridae family that has recently been isolated from the upper respiratory tract of children with acute respiratory infection. All of the strains observed so far segregate into two genotypes (1 and 2) with a low level of polymorphism. Given the recent description of the infection and the lack of epidemiological and molecular data, we estimated the virus's rates of molecular evolution and population dynamics. A dataset of forty-nine dated VP2 sequences, including also eight new isolates obtained from pharyngeal swabs of Italian patients with acute respiratory tract infections, was submitted to phylogenetic analysis. The model parameters, evolutionary rates and population dynamics were co-estimated using a Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo approach, and site-specific positive and negative selection was also investigated. Recombination was investigated by seven different methods and one suspected recombinant strain was excluded from further analysis. The estimated mean evolutionary rate of HBoV was 8.6x10(-4)subs/site/year, and that of the 1st+2nd codon positions was more than 15 times less than that of the 3rd codon position. Viral population dynamics analysis revealed that the two known genotypes diverged recently (mean tMRCA: 24 years), and that the epidemic due to HBoV genotype 2 grew exponentially at a rate of 1.01year(-1). Selection analysis of the partial VP2 showed that 8.5% of sites were under significant negative pressure and the absence of positive selection. Our results show that, like other parvoviruses, HBoV is characterised by a rapid evolution. The low level of polymorphism is probably due to a relatively recent divergence between the circulating genotypes and strong purifying selection acting on viral antigens.
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