Viremic blood donor found by a rapid screening method in a season of high human parvovirus B19 activity in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Erythrovirus B19 infection is usually benign but may have serious consequences in patients with hemolytic anemia (transient aplastic crisis), immunodeficiency (in whom persistent infection can lead to chronic bone marrow failure with anemia), or who are in the first or second trimester of gestation...

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Main Authors: Sérgio Setúbal, Cláudia Alessandra da Silva Cárdias, Solange Artimos de Oliveira, Jussara Pereira do Nascimento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2004-02-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762004000100017