PARVOVIRUS INFECTION IN HOSPITAL PRACTICE
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology
- Vol. 26 (1) , 13-16
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/26.1.13
Abstract
Eleven cases of human parvovirus (HPV) infection were diagnosed on the basis of positive IgM serology over a 9-month period in two London hospitals. These cases accounted for almost 30% of viral illness in which HPV serology had been requested. Ten of the cases presented with joint symptoms and/or rash and one case presented with evidence of a severe autoimmune haemolytic anaemia. Six patients had lymph-adenopathy. Clinical and laboratory features of the cases are presented. HPV DNA was sought but not found in synovial fluid from one patient.Keywords
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