Patent ID: 8110350

Claim:
A method of testing a sample for the presence of a human bocavirus, comprising testing the sample for the presence or absence of at least one molecule selected from the group consisting of: a) a nucleic acid sequence comprising a nucleotide sequence of a ST2 isolate of human bocavirus of SEQ ID NO: 2; b) a bocaviral nucleic acid molecule that encodes a VP1 polypeptide of human bocavirus ST2 of SEQ ID NO: 7 c) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity with the human bocavirus ST2 polypeptide VP1 of SEQ ID NO: 7; and d) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that has at least 95% sequence identity with the ST2 isolate of SEQ ID NO: 2.