Improved Diagnosis of Gestational Parvovirus B19 Infection at the Time of Nonimmune Fetal Hydrops
Author(s) -
Martin Enders,
Andrea Weidner,
Tessa Rosenthal,
Carola Baisch,
Lea Hedman,
Maria SöderlundVenermo,
Klaus Hedman
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/524302
Subject(s) - avidity , immunology , parvovirus , serology , antibody , immunoglobulin g , polymerase chain reaction , medicine , immunoglobulin m , pregnancy , prenatal diagnosis , parvoviridae , real time polymerase chain reaction , fetus , virology , biology , virus , gene , biochemistry , genetics
In the diagnosis of parvovirus B19 infection, the detection of virus-specific IgG in the absence of virus-specific IgM is considered to indicate past immunity.
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