Human parvovirus 4 in the bone marrow of Italian patients with AIDS
- E. Longhi
- G. Bestetti
- V. Acquaviva
- A. Foschi
- R. Piolini
- S. Antinori
- L. Meroni
- C. Magni
- C. Parravicini
- M. Corbellino
Publication date
July 2007
DOI Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) ISSN
0269-9370 Citation count (estimate)
37Abstract
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
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