| epidemiological and clinical characteristics of pediatric gastroenteritis associated with new viral agents. | a 22-month study (2008-2009) was carried out on 273 patients (average age 40 months), admitted with gastroenteritis to the pediatric unit of l. sacco university hospital in milan, italy. fecal samples were investigated for rotavirus (hrv), norovirus (nov), adenovirus (adv), sapovirus (sav), enterovirus, astrovirus and bocavirus (hbov). a 38.3% incidence of infection was observed for hrv, followed by nov (16.2%), hbov (13.6%), adv (2.6%) and sav (0.6%). clinical evaluation of 109 gastroenteritis ... | 2011 | 21643788 |
| impact of human bocavirus on children and their families. | this study was planned to investigate the prevalence and clinical features of the illnesses associated with human bocavirus (hbov) in children with acute disease. we prospectively enrolled all subjects aged less than 15 years attending an emergency room in milan, italy, on wednesdays and sundays between 1 november 2004 and 31 march 2005 for any acute medical reason, excluding surgical diseases and trauma. nasopharyngeal swabs were collected at admission to detect hbov; influenza a and b viruses; ... | 2008 | 18287315 |
| co-circulation of genetically distinct human metapneumovirus and human bocavirus strains in young children with respiratory tract infections in italy. | the discovery of human metapneumovirus (hmpv) and human bocavirus (hbov) identified the etiological causes of several cases of acute respiratory tract infections in children. this report describes the molecular epidemiology of hmpv and hbov infections observed following viral surveillance of children hospitalized for acute respiratory tract infections in milan, italy. pharyngeal swabs were collected from 240 children ≤3 years of age (130 males, 110 females; median age, 5.0 months; iqr, 2.0-12.5 ... | 2011 | 21108354 |