Detection of human bocavirus-1 in both nasal and stool specimens from children under 5 years old with influenza-like illnesses or diarrhea in Gabon

Sonia Etenna Lekana-Douki (1) , Sylvie Behillil (2) , Vincent Enouf (2) , Eric M. Leroy (3, 1) , Nicolas Berthet (1, 4)

1 CIRMF - Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville
2 GMV-ARN (UMR_3569 / U-Pasteur_2) - Génétique Moléculaire des Virus à ARN - Molecular Genetics of RNA Viruses
3 MIVEGEC - Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs : écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle
4 ERI - Environnement et Risques infectieux - Environment and Infectious Risks

Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a viral pathogen which causes respiratory tract diseases and acute gastroenteritis worldwide. This virus mainly affected children under 5 years old. There is little information on HBoV in Gabon. Two first studies was conducted to determine the prevalence of respiratory and enteric viruses in children under 5 years old who visited health centers for influenza-like illness (ILI) or diarrhea in Gabon from March 2010 to June 2011. However, HBoV was not included in the screening. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the prevalence and the HBoV genotype in children under 5 years old with ILI or diarrhea in Gabon.

Keywords: Children; Diarrhea; Gabon; HBoV-1; Influenza-like illness

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

Sonia Etenna Lekana-Douki, Sylvie Behillil, Vincent Enouf, Eric M. Leroy, Nicolas Berthet. Detection of human bocavirus-1 in both nasal and stool specimens from children under 5 years old with influenza-like illnesses or diarrhea in Gabon. BMC Research Notes, 2018, 11 (1), pp.495. ⟨10.1186/s13104-018-3605-1⟩. ⟨pasteur-03516013⟩