Human parvovirus B19 infection in HIV-positive patients Infecção por parvovirus humano B19 em pacientes HIV-positivos

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Fábio S. Aguiar, Daniella P. Lopes, Anna Ricordi Bazin, Sérgio Setúbal, Bernard J. Cohen, Jussara P. Nascimento
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2001
• Subjects: Parvovirus B19; AIDS; Anemia Crônica; Infecção Oportunista; Chronic anemia; Opportunistic infection; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Alta; Sob’
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822001000300002; https://doaj.org/article/3b2cf0e3523e4e6b8f21ecf9135e36d7

Parvovirus B19 infects predominantly erythroid cells, leading to transient inhibition of erythropoiesis. Immunocompromised patients may be unable to produce neutralizing antibodies and may develop severe chronic anemia. Epidemiological studies done on Niterói population showed that B19 infection occ...