Human parvovirus B19-induced anaemia in pre-school children in Ilorin, Nigeria

Sera collected from 57 anaemic and 115 non-anaemic age-matched pre-school children in Ilorin, Nigeria, between November 2014 and December 2015 were assayed for human parvovirus B19-specific IgM antibodies by using the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay technique. A total of 17 (29.8%) anaemic childre...

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Autores principales: Ashaka, Oluwaseyi S., Agbede, Olajide O., Omoare, Adesuyi A., Ernest, Samuel K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2018
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29850435
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v7i1.615
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Sumario:Sera collected from 57 anaemic and 115 non-anaemic age-matched pre-school children in Ilorin, Nigeria, between November 2014 and December 2015 were assayed for human parvovirus B19-specific IgM antibodies by using the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay technique. A total of 17 (29.8%) anaemic children and 18 (15.7%) non-anaemic children were positive for parvovirus B19 infection. Infection with parvovirus B19 is common in this population, and screening for the virus during differential diagnosis is recommended.

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