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Molecular characterization of human erythrovirus B19 strains obtained from patients with several clinical presentations in the Amazon region of Brazil.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Sept 2008
Freitas Ronaldo B, Melo Fernando L, Oliveira Darleise S, Romano Camila M, Freitas Maria Rute C, Macêdo Olinda, Linhares Alexandre C, de A Zanotto Paolo M, Durigon Edison Luiz
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Human erythrovirus B19, endemic in the Amazon region since 1990, is associated with a wide spectrum of clinical presentations. OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of erythrovirus B19 infection and the relative frequency of erythrovirus B19 genotypes in patients in the Amazon region with various clinical presentations. STUDY DESIGN: A total of 487 clinical samples obtained from patients with symptoms...
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