Human parvovirus B19 infections among exanthematic diseases notified as measles

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Rita C.N. Cubel, Marilda M. Siqueira, Elisabete O. Santos, Maria F. Pires, Célia M. F. Cruz, Jussara P. Nascimento
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1997
• Subjects: Parvovírus Humano B19; Doença Exantemática; Sarampo; Rubéola; Human parvovirus B19; Exanthematic disease; Measles; Rubella; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Aguda; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821997000100004; https://doaj.org/article/ee0f48f623d54bf5af66c4d78e3e632d

A total of 1397 sera collected from 1095 cases of exanthematic disease notified as measles in ES and RJ states during July 1992 to December 1994 were investigated. These sera were first tested for measles and rubella specific IgM. When they proved negative, they were tested for B19 specific IgM by a...