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Bioportfolio: lifelong persistence of variant and prototypic erythrovirus DNA genomes in human tissue.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 May 2006
Norja Päivi, Hokynar Kati, Aaltonen Leena-Maija, Chen Renwei, Ranki Annamari, Partio Esa K, Kiviluoto Olli, Davidkin Irja, Leivo Tomi, Eis-Hübinger Anna Maria, Schneider Beate, Fischer Hans-Peter, Tolba René, Vapalahti Olli, Vaheri Antti, Söderlund-Venermo Maria, Hedman Klaus
Abstract excerpt
Human erythrovirus is a minute, single-stranded DNA virus causing many diseases, including erythema infectiosum, arthropathy, and fetal death. After primary infection, the viral genomes persist in solid tissues. Besides the prototype, virus type 1, two major variants (virus types 2 and 3) have been identified recently, the clinical significance and epidemiology of which are mostly unknown. We examined 523 samples...
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