These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Virological diagnosis of an outbreak of fever and rashes caused by parvovirus B19, Cuba, 1995].
    Author: Guzmán MG, Rosario D, Rodríguez ME, Alvarez M, Rodríguez R, Oropesa S, Laferté J, Resik S.
    Journal: Rev Cubana Med Trop; 1997; 49(1):14-20. PubMed ID: 9685954.
    Abstract:
    The results obtained in the study of an a outbreak of fever and rash occurred in Havana City in March, 1995, are reported. Dengue, measles, rubella, herpes simplex, and Epstein Barr were discarded as causal agents of the outbreak in the samples of 35 patients. Parvovirus B19 was identified as the causing agent of the outbreak by the detection of IgM antibodies and the polymerase chain reaction technique (PCR). The infection produced by this agent was confirmed in 14/18 samples (77.7%) by some of the techniques used. This study makes reference to the first outbreak of Parvovirus B19 that was proved in Cuba.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]