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AZEVEDO, Kátia Martins Lopes de et al. Seroepidemiological study of human parvovirus B19 among human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in a medium-sized city in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz [online]. 2009, vol.104, n.6, pp. 901-904. ISSN 0074-0276.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762009000600014.

Parvovirus B19 (B-19) may cause chronic anaemia in immunosuppressed patients, including those infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We studied single serum samples from 261 consecutive HIV-infected patients using an enzyme immunoassay to detect IgG antibodies to B-19. The seroprevalence of B-19-IgG was 62.8%. The differences in seroprevalence across gender, age, educational categories, year of collection of the serum samples, clinical and antiretroviral therapy characteristics, CD4⁺ count, CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ percentage and CD4^+/CD8⁺ ratios were neither substantial nor statistically significant. There was a non-significant, inverse association between B-19 seropositivity and plasma HIV load and haemoglobin level. Our results indicated that 37.1% of patients might be susceptible to B-19 infection and remained at risk for being infected, mainly during epidemic periods. As B-19 infection can be treated with immune globulin preparations, it may be included in the diagnostic approach toward chronic anaemia in HIV-infected patients.

Palavras-chave : human parvovirus B19; seroprevalence; HIV infection; anaemia.