The Role of Parvovirus B19 in Aplastic Crisis and Erythema Infectiosum (Fifth Disease)
Chorba T, Coccia P, Holman R, Tattersall P, Anderson L, Sudman J, Young N, Kurczynski E, Saarinen U, Moir R, Lawrence D, Jason J, Evatt B. The Role of Parvovirus B19 in Aplastic Crisis and Erythema Infectiosum (Fifth Disease). The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1986, 154: 383-393. PMID: 3016109, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/154.3.383.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsErythema infectiosumAplastic crisisParvovirus B19B19-specific IgMSecondary attack rateSimultaneous outbreaksThroat garglesB19 infectionClinical entityRecent infectionAsymptomatic infectionSusceptible contactsPatientsInfectionB19Attack rateSerumComparison groupIgMHousehold membersOutbreakGargleEpidemiologyUrine