Association between human parvovirus B19 and arthropathy in Belém, Pará, north Brazil Associação entre parvovírus B19 e artropatias em Belém, Pará, norte do Brasil

A total of 220 patients with arthropathy were selected in Belém, Pará between January 1994 and December 2000, and screened for the presence of human parvovirus B19 IgM and IgG antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). A subgroup (n = 132) of patients with high levels of antibodies (ei...

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Published in:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors:	Ronaldo B. FREITAS, Talita A.F. MONTEIRO, Manoel G. SILVA FILHO, Alexandre C. LINHARES
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2002-02-01
Subjects:	Parvovirus B19 Acute arthropathy
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652002000100004