The prevalence of antibody to human parvovirus B19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Prevalência de anticorpos para o parvovirus humano B19 na população do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

During 1985 and 1986 serum samples were collected from the Rio de Janeiro population and examined for the presence of IgG antibody to human parvovirus B19. No difference in prevalence was found between males and females. Antibody prevalence rose from 35% in children less than five years old to almos...

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Main Authors: Jussara P. Nascimento, Marie M. Buckley, Kevin E. Brown, Bernard J. Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1990-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651990000100007