ISSN: 0973-7510
E-ISSN: 2581-690X
The epidemiology of respiratory human bocavirus (HBoV) infection has not been described in Tehran’s adult and to determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics associated with HBoV infection, a population of adults hospitalized with respiratory tract infections were chosen. Throat swab samples were collected from 91 hospitalized adults aged between 29 to 91 year and Real-time PCR TaqMan was used to screen specimens by amplifying a part of the NP1 gene. HBoV was detected in 6 adults (6.6%). Mean age was 76 years and 67% of patients were female. The most common symptoms were wheezing (100%), tachypnea (100%), cough (100%), rhinorrhea/pharyngitis (83.33%) and fever (83.33%) which clinically diagnosed by a physician. Gastrointestinal symptoms was present only in 1 patient (16.6%). In our study the distribution of HBoV was influenced by temperature, relative humidity and precipitation. HBoV is circulating in Tehran and is associated with both upper and lower respiratory tract disease in adults.
Respiratory Infections, Adults, Human Bocavirus, Real-time PCR
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