Resistance to parvovirus B19 infection due to lack of virus receptor (erythrocyte P antigen).

doi:10.1056/NEJM199404283301704

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Resistance to parvovirus B19 infection due to lack of virus receptor (erythrocyte P antigen).

The New England journal of medicine - 28 Apr 1994

Brown K E, Hibbs J R, Gallinella G, Anderson S M, Lehman E D, McCarthy P, Young N S

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BACKGROUND: The presence of a specific cellular receptor is thought to be necessary for susceptibility to viral infection. The erythrocyte P antigen is the cellular receptor for parvovirus B19. We hypothesized that the rare persons with the p phenotype, whose erythrocytes do not have this recepto...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Antibodies, Viral
Cells, Cultured
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disease Susceptibility
Erythema Infectiosum
Erythroid Precursor Cells
Humans
Isoantigens
P Blood-Group System
Parvovirus B19, Human
Phenotype

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PMID: 8139629
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199404283301704

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