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Parvoviridae

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Parvoviridae [‚pär·və′vir·ə‚dī]
(virology)
A family of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-containing animal viruses characterized by an icosahedral virion containing three or four structural proteins and a single-stranded DNA genome; includes theDependovirus,Parvovirus, andDensovirusgenera.


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Until recently, parvovirus B19 and adeno-associated viruses, which belong to the genera Erythrovirus and Dependovirus, respectively, were the only known members of the family Parvoviridae that infected humans (1).
To the Editor: Human bocavirus (HBoV) is a recently discovered virus of the family Parvoviridae, genus Bocavirus, which appears to cause widespread respiratory tract infections (RTI) in children.
The latter belongs to the Parvoviridae family and is most closely related to bovine parvovirus and canine minute virus (CnMV), which are members of the genus Bocavirus (6).
 
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