In hospitalised Spanish children, Human Bocavirus (HBoV) - a type of parvovirus - was the second most commonly discovered viral infection after RSV, and was found in children with a variety of clinical presentations.  Here.

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An ad hoc registration system in Greece suggests a high leukaemia rate compared to the rest of Europe, with a relatively normal lymphoma rate.  Here.

These authors have used the ALSPAC cohort to look at the range of normality and changing patterns in stools in the first four years of life.  Here.

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In a pilot study of 5 day outpatient education courses in diabetes aimed at adolescents the authors found improvements in reported quality of life, but not in HbA1c.  Here.

Use of a prescribing aid improved accuracy of prescription of gentamicin. Here.

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In an eight year study of mortality in a tertiary paediatric intensive care, risk of death from RSV significantly higher in those children with pre-existing morbidity, especially cardiac or respiratory.  Here.

A surveillance program in New Zealand found no link between meningococcal B immunisation and the subsequent development of HSP. Here.

A longitudinal study of the activity of children suggests that higher physical activity is associated with increased metabolic health, but not measures such as BMI or fatness.  Here.

Of 546 post mortems carried out for Sudden Unexplained Death in Infancy in a tertiary institution over a decade, an explanation for death was found in 202. Here.

In the period 1999 to 2006, in England and Wales 3563 cases of tuberculosis were reported in a national surveillance program, of which 60% were primary pulmonary TB.  Here.