Human parvovirus B19-induced anaemia in pre-school children in Ilorin, Nigeria

• Main Authors: Oluwaseyi S. Ashaka (Author), Olajide O. Agbede (Author), Adesuyi A. Omoare (Author), Samuel K. Ernest (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: AOSIS, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Sera collected from 57 anaemic and 115 non-anaemic age-matched pre-school children in Ilorin, Nigeria, between November 2014 and December 2015 were assayed for human parvovirus B19-specific IgM antibodies by using the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay technique. A total of 17 (29.8%) anaemic childre...