Seroprevalence of human parvovirus B19 infection in Sao Tomé and Principe, Malawi and Mascarene Islands.

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The prevalence of antibodies to human parvovirus B19 (anti-B19 IgG) in sera (n = 577) from Sao Tomé and Principe, Malawi and Mascarene Islands (Mauritius and Rodriguez Islands) was determined by antibody capture ELISA. The B19 prevalence was 51.5% on Sao Tomé and Principe, 58.4% in Malawi, and 55.0% on the Mauritius mainland and 2.2% on Rodriguez Island, indicating that B19 virus is highly prevalent not only in Europe, Japan and the Americas but also in the African region. Rodriguez Islands has a very low B19 prevalence.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Zentralbl. Bakteriol.

Title: Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie : international journal of medical microbiology

ISSN: 0934-8840

ISSN (Print): 0934-8840

Publication date (Electronic): Jul 1989

Volume: 271

Issue: 2

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[1 ] Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, University of Munich.

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PubMed ID: 2550018

SO-VID: 1770c010-9024-42a0-912e-067f2ada6943

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