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Human parvovirus B19 infection among children with sickle cell anaemia in Jos, North Central Nigeria
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【药学论文下载】作者：Girei AI1, Alao OO2, Joseph DE3, Damulak DO3, Banwat EB4, Nwadioha SI5, Jombo GTA5
【摘要】 Objective:Human Parvovirus B19 is known to cause significant morbidity and mortality and among diverse patient population groups. Among patients with sickle all disease, who have high red cell turn over due to chronic haemolysis, infection with parvovirus B19 can cause severe life threatening transient aplastic crisis. This study was conducted to determine the Seroprevalence of parvovirus B19 infection and to provide basic epidemiological data on parvovirus B19 infection among children with sickle cell anaemia in Jos, north central Nigeria. Methods: In a hospital based cross sectional survey, 200 children aged 118 years confirmed to have sickle cell anaemia attending the paediatric sickle cell clinic of Jos university teaching hospital were studied. A questionnaire was design
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