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Parvovirus B19-Antibody Serosurvey in 500 Developmentally Disabled Subjects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ghan-Shyam Lohiya ,
Wayne Hogrefe ,
Lilia Tan-Figueroa  and
Shirley Caires
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Abstract

Sera of 500 residents were screened for parvovirus B19 immunoglobulin M (IgM) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Positive IgM and equivocal IgG or IgM results were confirmed by immunofluorescent antibody and Western blot. IgM was detected in 13 sera (2.6%), and IgG was detected in 285 (57%). Records of IgM-positive residents contained no evidence of erythema infectiosum or polyarthropathy.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 18 , Issue 5 , May 1997 , pp. 340 - 342
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1997

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