ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Epidemiology of Human Bocavirus in the Middle East and North Africa: Systematic Review.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Human bocavirus infections in paediatric patients in a tertiary care hospital in Kerala, India.Archives of virology · 2025Article
- Advances and Challenges in Antiviral Development for Respiratory Viruses.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Prevalence of Respiratory Pathogens in Nasopharyngeal Swabs of Febrile Patients with or without Respiratory Symptoms in the Niakhar Area of Rural Senegal.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Analysis of a Cohort of 165 Pediatric Patients with Human Bocavirus Infection and Comparison between Mono-Infection and Respiratory Co-Infections: A Retrospective Study.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Clinical and molecular characterization of children and adults with respiratory bocavirus infection in Mexico: a cross-sectional nested study within the ILI002 prospective observational study.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024Article
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- Human Bocavirus in Childhood: A True Respiratory Pathogen or a "Passenger" Virus? A Comprehensive Review.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Quinones as Promising Compounds against Respiratory Viruses: A Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- HBoV-1: virus structure, genomic features, life cycle, pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis and clinical manifestations.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Review
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Abstract
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of studying newly emerging viruses that cause respiratory illnesses. Human bocavirus (HBoV) is one of the relatively newly discovered viruses that has been detected worldwide and causes respiratory and gastrointestinal infections, mainly in pediatric patients. However, little is known about the pathogenicity and evolution of HBoV. This systematic review was initiated to clarify the prevalence and circulating genotypes of HBoV in both respiratory and stool samples from patients of all age groups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) from 2005 to February 2021. We performed an electronic search through Science Direct, Scopus, PubMed, Mendeley and Cochrane Library databases. We included all studies reporting the detection rate of HBoV in the MENA region. Data were extracted, and the quality of the included articles was assessed. We included articles containing data on HBoV only or with other respiratory or gastrointestinal viral infections. Review articles, case studies, and animal and environmental studies were excluded. The final number of articles included in this study was 65 articles. The results showed that the HBoV prevalence in children was the lowest in Iran (0%) and the highest in Egypt (56.8%). In adults, the lowest and the highest prevalence were reported in Iran, with values of 0% and 6.6%, respectively. Regarding the respiratory cases, our findings revealed no significant difference between HBoV prevalence among the tested categories (
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