Fifth disease in children living in Belém, Brazil.
Acute sera from two children suffering from an illness with an erythematous rash were positive for B 19 virus specific IgM antibody, as tested by a capture radioimmunoassay. The first patient, a two year old boy, presented with a cutaneous rash of six days duration, the second was a four year old girl, sister of the first patient, who was examined at the same time and had a three day history of cutaneous rash.
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Shirley
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D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000032:analysis; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D010321:Parvoviridae / Q000276:immunology; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D007075:Immunoglobulin M