Ocurrence of Human Bocavirus associated with acute respiratory infections in children up to 2 years old in the City of Belém, Pará State, Brazil/Ocorrência de Bocavírus Humano associado às infecções respiratórias agudas em crianças de 0 a 2 anos de idade na Cidade de Belém, Pará, Brasil
Das 397 amostras clínicas analisadas, encontrou-se positividade em amostras de três pacientes, sendo um destes em coinfecção com o vírus respiratório sincicial. DISCUSSÃO O percentual de positividade obtido na investigação se revelou inferior ao descrito na literatura. Entretanto, vale ressaltar que os estudos já publicados envolveram pacientes hospitalizados, diferentemente do grupo populacional presentemente abordado. As análises filogenéticas realizadas evidenciaram expressiva similaridade dos vírus encontrados com as cepas virais já descritas.
Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) are one of the main public health problems in the world. Most of these infections are associated with several pathogens, and viruses are the most prevalent agents. Recently, a new parvovirus named Human Bocavirus (HBoV) has been described. Investigations on the relationship between this new agent and cases of ARI in individuals are still scarce. Herein, we review a study of HBoV in a population segment in the Amazon. MATERIALS AND
The positivity rate obtained in this investigation was lower than that described in other studies; however, previous studies involved hospitalized patients, which constitute a different population group. The phylogenetic analyses revealed a significant similarity between the virusstrains found and those previously described.
CONCLUSION:
This is the first report associating HBoV with ARI in the Amazon.(AU)