Human parvo

[Ian Mackay]

adelloro at usa.pipeline.com(Andy Delloro) wrote:

>What is human parvovirus, its symptoms? Any relation to canine parvovirus?

It resides in progenitor red blood cells, and can cause aplastic
conditions in the right groups (persons with haematological
abonormalities eg. sickle cell anaemia, hereditary spherocytosis;
sometimes causing problems in the foetus of an infected mother).

Immunity is usually permanent after a first infection.