Chronic parvovirus infection in a presumably immunologically healthy woman.
Infection due to parvovirus B19 is common and usually resolves over several weeks. Prolonged infection has been reported primarily in immunodeficient hosts. The present report describes a chronic infection in an apparently immunologically healthy woman. The illness was characterized by recurrent episodes of paresthesia without anemia. Laboratory studies demonstrated persistence of parvovirus-specific DNA for nearly 4 years.
Faden
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Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York School of Medicine, Buffalo.
Gary
G W
GW
Anderson
L J
LJ
D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D016731:Erythema Infectiosum / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology*; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D016732:Parvovirus B19, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral