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Genotype 3b of human parvovirus B19 detected from hospitalized children with solid malignancies in a North Indian tertiary care hospital.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Nov 2016
Jain Amita, Jain Parul, Prakash Shantanu, Kumar Archana, Khan Danish N, Seth Akansha, Gupta Shikha, Kant Ravi
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Human parvovirus B19 (B19V) infection is known to cause serious consequences in immuno-compromized individuals. The present cross sectional study was designed to estimate the prevalence and genotype distribution of B19V in children receiving chemotherapy for solid malignancies at a tertiary care hospital in North India during October 2013 to May 2015. Serum samples from all the patients were tested for anti-B19V...
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