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Antiviral effect of Hydroxyurea on B19V replication
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- XI Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Microbiologia Farmaceutica, 2016.
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Abstract
- Parvovirus B19 (B19V), a human pathogenic ssDNA virus in the Parvoviridae family, is characterized by a strict tropism towards erythroid progenitor cells in bone marrow. Infections commonly induce self-limiting clinical manifestations, as erythema infectiosum in children and arthropathies mainly in adults, but, in subjects with underlying hematological disorders or with immune system deficits, the viral-induced arrest of erythropoiesis can lead to severe clinical manifestations requiring hospitalization and supportive transfusion or passive immunization treatments.
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8bdb5c7938a50ab4334126a2eb0e00c6