Open AccessLetter to the Editor: Outbreaks caused by parvovirus B19
Author(s) -
B. J. Cohen
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.10.09.00566-en
Subject(s) - parvovirus , outbreak , measles , rubella , virology , medicine , pediatrics , virus , vaccination
In response to the recent report of school outbreaks of parvovirus B19 infection in Portugal [1], Heath Kelly and Jennie Leydon of the Western Pacific Regional Measles Laboratory, have echoed the call for parvovirus B19 tests to be included in measles and rubella surveillance