Human parvovirus 4 in the bone marrow of Italian patients with AIDS
- 11 July 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in AIDS
- Vol. 21 (11) , 1481-1483
- https://doi.org/10.1097/qad.0b013e3281e38558
Abstract
Human parvovirus 4 (PARV4) is a recently discovered member of the Parvoviridae. We investigated the presence of this virus in bone-marrow aspirates of 35 Italian patients with AIDS. Viral DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction in over 40% of patients (16/35). The infection was most prevalent in injection drug users (IDU; 12/18; 66.7%) as opposed to non-IDU (4/17; 23.5%). PARV4 infection is widespread in Italian patients with AIDS.Keywords
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