The bocavirus genus was recently assigned by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) [1] to parvovirus genomes containing a third ORF (labeled NP1) between the NS1 and VP1/VP2 genes [2] . Bocaviruses were first identified in bovine and canine [3, 4] , samples from which it derives its genus name [1, 5] . Presently, the bocavirus genus contains eight members: bovine parvovirus, canine minute virus (CnMV), human bocavirus 1-4 (HBoV1-4), a gorilla bocavirus and a partially sequenced chimpanzee bocavirus [1, 6, 7] .