title: Human parvovirus arthropathy.
abstract: 19 of 153 patients attending an early-synovitis clinic were shown to have been recently infected by the human parvovirus (HPV). 5 other patients had evidence of some other closely preceding infection. HPV-infected patients typically presented with symmetrical peripheral polyarthropathy of sudden onset and moderate severity. Usually there was some improvement within 2 weeks, but in 17 patients symptoms persisted for more than 2 months, and in 3 for more than 4 years. Arthropathy in the absence of the facial rash that characterises HPV infection in children is a common presentation of the infection in adults.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Woolf
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Mortimer
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bacon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001168:Arthritis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis