Case Report
Does human bocavirus infection depend on helper viruses? A challenging case report
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* Corresponding author: Oliver Schildgen schildgeno@kliniken-koeln.de
1 Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Kinderkrankenhaus, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Amsterdamer Str. 59, Cologne, 50735, Germany
2 Institut für Pathologie, Krankenhaus Merheim, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Klinikum der Privaten Universität Witten/Herdecke, Ostmerheimer Str.200, Cologne, 51109, Germany
Virology Journal 2011, 8:417 doi:10.1186/1743-422X-8-417
Published: 29 August 2011Abstract
A case of severe diarrhoea associated with synergistic human bocavirus type 1 (HBoV) and human herpes virus type 6 (HHV6) is reported. The case supports the hypotheses that HBoV infection under clinical conditions may depend on helper viruses, or that HBoV replicates by a mechanism that is atypical for parvoviruses, or that HBoV infection can be specifically treated with cidofovir.