Open AccessHUMAN PARVOVIRUS В19: VIRUS CHARACTERISTICS, DISTRIBUTION AND DIAGNOSTICS OF PARVOVIRUS INFECTION
Author(s) -
И. Н. Лаврентьева,
А. Ю. Антипова
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
infekciâ i immunitet
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.137
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2313-7398
pISSN - 2220-7619
DOI - 10.15789/2220-7619-2013-4-311-322
Subject(s) - parvovirus , virology , virus , epidemiology , distribution (mathematics) , genotype , biology , medicine , genetics , gene , mathematics , mathematical analysis
. The modern data about morphology as well as structural and functional organization of the parvovirus B19 genome, circulating virus genotypes are presented in the review. Special attention was paid to the clinical and epidemiological features of parvovirus infection (PVI). Authors focused on the distribution of PVI in different regions of Russia and on the own data concerning prevalence of this infection in the North-Western region of the country including data on pregnant women – main risk group for PVI. Methods of laboratory diagnostics of postnatal and congenital PVI have been described.