Detection of human parvovirus B19 in children with acute hepatitis

Ann Trop Paediatr. 2006 Mar;26(1):25-8. doi: 10.1179/146532806X90574.

Abstract

Parvovirus is a rare cause of acute hepatitis. Two children with non A-E acute hepatitis in whom human parvovirus B19 was detected by PCR are reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Antigens, Viral / blood
  • Child
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / immunology
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / virology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Parvovirus B19, Human / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Antigens, Viral