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Volume 14, Number 2—February 2008
Research

Human Bocavirus Infections in Hospitalized Children and Adults

Jean Longtin*†, Martine Bastien*, Rodica Gilca†‡, Eric Leblanc*, Gaston De Serres†‡, Michel G. Bergeron*†, and Guy Boivin*†Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; †Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; ‡Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada;

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Figure

Phylogenetic tree of human pediatric bocavirus strains from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Patient numbers beginning with the letter t indicate asymptomatic (control) children. Strains from Sweden (sequence type [ST] 1, GenBank accession no. DQ000495, and ST2, GenBank accession no. DQ000496) are included (1). Numbers along branches are bootstrap values from 1,000 replicates. Scale bar shows 1 substitution for every 1,000 nucleic acid residues.

Figure. Phylogenetic tree of human pediatric bocavirus strains from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Patient numbers beginning with the letter t indicate asymptomatic (control) children. Strains from Sweden (sequence type [ST] 1, GenBank accession no. DQ000495, and ST2, GenBank accession no. DQ000496) are included (1). Numbers along branches are bootstrap values from 1,000 replicates. Scale bar shows 1 substitution for every 1,000 nucleic acid residues.

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