Kawasaki Disease and Human Bocavirus – potential association?

• Author(s): Santos, R. A. ; Nogueira, C. S. ; Baptista, J. B ; Granja, S. ; Ribeiro, M. L. ; Rocha, M. G.
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/21133
• Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Kawasaki Disease; Human Bocavirus; Children
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile multisystem vasculitic syndrome of unknown etiology, occurring mostly in infants and children younger than 5 years of age. We present a 13-month-old male with KD from whom was found human bocavirus DNA in nasopharyngeal secretions. Human bocavirus DNA in a patient with KD raised question about the coincidental or possible etiological association.