Steps towards Serological Diagnosis of Human Bocavirus Infections
2008; Oxford University Press; Volume: 46; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1086/526533
ISSN1537-6591
Autores Tópico(s)Virology and Viral Diseases
ResumoThe study by Kantola et al. [1] in the current issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases represents an important advance in the development of diagnostic assays for the newly discovered, potentially major respiratory pathogen human bocavirus (HBoV). It also provides a series of new insights into the nature and epidemiology of HBoV infection in children, its systemic spread, and the relationship between HBoV detected in respiratory samples and blood with antibody responses to infection. Although not a state of the art serological test, the Western blot assay developed for IgG and IgM antibodies elicited by HBoV infection provides the important first steps towards the establishment of serological diagnosis of HBoV infection. HBoV is one of several new viruses that have been identified and characterized as
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