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A review of blood diseases and cytopenias associated with human parvovirus B19 infection
11 May 2015
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Parvovirus B19 is a single-stranded DNA virus which preferentially targets the erythroblast resulting in red cell aplasia, which is temporary in immunocompetent persons. Since the discovery of B19 virus in 1975, a wide variety of blood diseases and cytopenias affecting several blood cell lineages have been documented during or following B19 infection. These include cytopenias affecting the erythroid,...
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