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Detection and differentiation of human parvovirus variants by commercial quantitative real-time PCR tests.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2004
Hokynar Kati, Norja Päivi, Laitinen Harri, Palomäki Pekka, Garbarg-Chenon Antoine, Ranki Annamari, Hedman Klaus, Söderlund-Venermo Maria
Abstract excerpt
Parvovirus B19 causes a variety of diseases in humans, with outcomes ranging from asymptomatic to severe, such as chronic anemia in immunocompromised patients or fetal hydrops and death after maternal infection during pregnancy. The virus may be transmitted via plasma-derived products. According to the results of solvent-detergent safety studies, an upper limit of B19 DNA in plasma pools was recently defined. To...
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