Study of chronic hemolytic anaemia patients in Rio de Janeiro: prevalence of anti-human parvovirus B19 IgG antibodies and the developement aplastic crises

• Main Authors: SANT'ANNA Anadayr L.M., GARCIA Rita de Cássia N. Cubel, MARZOCHE Mônica, ROCHA Heloisa Helena A. Gallo da, PAULA Maria Tereza M., LOBO Clarisse C., NASCIMENTO Jussara P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2002
• Subjects: Human Parvovirus B19; Sickle-cell disease; Transient aplastic crisis; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Sickle
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/11d7a6392d7c43a2901422aa8569294e

The prevalence of anti-human parvovirus B19 IgG antibodies was determined in sera from 165 chronic hemolytic anemia patients, receiving medical care at Instituto Estadual de Hematologia (IEHE), Rio de Janeiro, during the year of 1994. This sample represents around 10% of the chronic hemolytic anemia...