title: Human Parvovirus and giant cell arteritis: a selective arteritic impact?
abstract: Peak incidences of giant cell arteritis (GCA) following human Parvovirus epidemics were found in 2 previous epidemiological studies. The incidence of GCA [temporal arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica (TA + PMR)] was studied before and after a major epidemic of human Parvovirus in 1994. Clinical data from the National Patient Register showed a significant inversion of the TA/PMR ratio during a 12-month period after an HPV epidemic. The inversion of this ratio was due to an increase in TA. The change in the ratio was most pronounced in the regions with the epicenter of the epidemic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Viborg County Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elling
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Olsson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Elling
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D017992:Parvovirus; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral