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==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
*[[Erythema infectiosum (fifth disease)]] | |||
*[[Anemia]] | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
Revision as of 22:04, 25 January 2016
Background
- In children: causes erythema infectiousum (Fifth disease)
- In transplant patients on immunosuppressive drugs: causes RBC aplasia.
- Short-lived, may not be discovered
- Parvovirus only replicated in erythroid progenitor cells