| Literature DB >> 17589196 |
Erika Longhi1, Giovanna Bestetti, Veronica Acquaviva, Antonella Foschi, Roberta Piolini, Luca Meroni, Carlo Magni, Spinello Antinori, Carlo Parravicini, Mario Corbellino.
Abstract
Human parvovirus 4 (PARV4) is a recently discovered member of the Parvoviridae. We investigated the presence of this virus in bone-marrow aspirates of 35 Italian patients with AIDS. Viral DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction in over 40% of patients (16/35). The infection was most prevalent in injection drug users (IDU; 12/18; 66.7%) as opposed to non-IDU (4/17; 23.5%). PARV4 infection is widespread in Italian patients with AIDS.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17589196 DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3281e38558
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AIDS ISSN: 0269-9370 Impact factor: 4.177