title: Seroprevalence of human parvovirus B19 infection in Sao Tomé and Principe, Malawi and Mascarene Islands.
abstract: The prevalence of antibodies to human parvovirus B19 (anti-B19 IgG) in sera (n = 577) from Sao Tomé and Principe, Malawi and Mascarene Islands (Mauritius and Rodriguez Islands) was determined by antibody capture ELISA. The B19 prevalence was 51.5% on Sao Tomé and Principe, 58.4% in Malawi, and 55.0% on the Mauritius mainland and 2.2% on Rodriguez Island, indicating that B19 virus is highly prevalent not only in Europe, Japan and the Americas but also in the African region. Rodriguez Islands has a very low B19 prevalence.
authors.affiliation: Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, University of Munich.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Gürtler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zoulek
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deinhardt
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roggendorf
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007195:Indian Ocean Islands; D007223:Infant; D008295:Malawi; D008297:Male; D008436:Mauritius; D008875:Middle Aged; D010321:Parvoviridae / Q000276:immunology; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G