Parvovirus B19 as the Cause of a Syndrome Resembling Lyme Arthritis in Adults
- 7 February 1991
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 324 (6) , 419-420
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199102073240614
Abstract
Parvovirus B19 causes several well-characterized syndromes, ranging from classic erythema infectiosum, primarily in children, to aplastic crises in patients with problems of red-cell production or immunodeficiencies, and to arthropathies, primarily in adults.1,2 The joint complications that follow parvovirus B19 infections usually occur within a few weeks, and because most parvovirus B19 infections occur in late winter or spring,2,3 most arthropathies due to parvovirus B19 occur around this time.Keywords
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