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  • For example, how many people have heard of bocavirus, which is responsible for bronchitis and pneumonia in young children, or metapneumovirus, responsible for more than 5 percent of all flu-related illnesses?

    Government Launches Deceptive Swine Flu Propaganda Blitz To Counter Growing Criticism from Scientific and Medical Commun 2009

  • More than 200 known viruses and other pathogens can cause the suite of symptoms known as “influenza-like illness”; respiratory syncytial virus, bocavirus, coronavirus, and rhinovirus are just a few of the bugs that can make a person feel rotten.

    Does the Vaccine Matter? 2009

  • More than 200 known viruses and other pathogens can cause the suite of symptoms known as “influenza-like illness”; respiratory syncytial virus, bocavirus, coronavirus, and rhinovirus are just a few of the bugs that can make a person feel rotten.

    Does the Vaccine Matter? 2009

  • More than 200 known viruses and other pathogens can cause the suite of symptoms known as “influenza-like illness”; respiratory syncytial virus, bocavirus, coronavirus, and rhinovirus are just a few of the bugs that can make a person feel rotten.

    Does the Vaccine Matter? 2009

  • Another new virus is the human bocavirus, a close cousin to the bovine parvovirus and the canine minute virus, which cause diarrhea in cattle and dogs.

    Common Cold not the Common Cold Anymore | Impact Lab 2007

  • These viruses included a number that can cause diarrhea or gastrointestinal illness, including adenovirus, astroviruses and Norwalk virus, bocavirus, picobirnaviruses and klassevirus.

    FOXNews.com Wynne Parry 2011

  • Allander T, Jartti T, Gupta S, Niesters HG, Lehtinen P, et al. (2007) Human bocavirus and acute wheezing in children.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Antoine Nougairède et al. 2010

  • Human metapneumovirus was identified in 2001 and is thought to be a bigger and more serious problem than bocavirus.

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  • When they tested a group of asymptomatic patients for comparison - mostly children admitted for tonsillectomies and similar elective surgeries - 43 percent were positive for bocavirus.

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  • Methodist Hospital in San Antonio began testing for bocavirus in January as part of a new panel of tests for 13 viruses, and has identified six cases - about 1 percent of its samples, said lab manager Patricia Hudak.

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