Parvovirus B19 infection in Tunisian patients with sickle-cell anemia and acute erythroblastopenia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human parvovirus B19 is the etiologic agent of erythema infectiosum in children. It is also associated with other clinical manifestations in different target groups. Patients with chronic hemolytic anemia are at high risk of developing acute erythroblastopenia following infection by the virus. They usually become highly viremic and pose an increased risk of virus transmission. Close monitoring of such high risk groups is required for epidemiologic surveillance and disease prevention activities. Here we report a molecular epidemiological study on B19 virus infection in Tunisian patients with chronic hemolytic anemia.

Methods

This study was conducted on 92 young chronic hemolytic anemia patients who attended the same ward at the National Bone Marrow Transplantation

SUBMITTER: Regaya F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2151067 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature