Title of article :
Human Parvovirus B19Infection among Exanthematic Diseases Clinically Diagnosed as Measles in 2005 in Iran
Author/Authors :
Mokhtari- Azad, T Dept. of Virology - School of Public Health and Institute of Health Research - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Mirzaie, A Dept. of Virology - School of Public Health and Institute of Health Research - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Rezaie, F Dept. of Virology - School of Public Health and Institute of Health Research - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Seadatmand, Z Dept. of Virology - School of Public Health and Institute of Health Research - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Hamkar, R Dept. of Virology - School of Public Health and Institute of Health Research - Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Abstract :
The clinical differential diagnosis of rashes is often difficult and mis diagnosis is not rare. Parvovirus B19(HPV-B19) is khown to cause erythema infectiosum, a childhood exanthematic disease and clinically can be confuse with other exanthematic diseases. In this study a total of 505 negative sera for measle and rubella, were collected during 2005 and tested for B19 specific IgM antibody by an enzyme immunoassay. B19 infection was confirmed in 73 cases (14.5%). The majority of positive cases were observed in 1-15 year age group. It is important to diagnose exanthematic diseases as B19 infection in Iran, since measles and rubella vaccination programs has done.
Keywords :
Human Parvovirus B19 , Mass vaccination , Exanthematic Disease
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
