Volume 13, Number 9—September 2007
Dispatch
Parenteral Transmission of the Novel Human Parvovirus PARV4
Peter Simmonds*
, Ashleigh Manning*, Rachel Kenneil*, Frances W. Carnie†, and Jeanne E. Bell†
, Ashleigh Manning*, Rachel Kenneil*, Frances W. Carnie†, and Jeanne E. Bell†Table 2
Concordance of parvovirus B19 and PARV4 detection between bone marrow and lymphoid tissue*
| Virus detected and risk group | Lymphoid tissue |
|
|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |
| B19 (all risk groups) | ||
| Bone marrow | ||
| Positive | 27 | 1 |
| Negative | 3 | 29 |
| PARV4 (IDUs and persons with hemophilia) | ||
| Bone marrow | ||
| Positive | 14 | 1 |
| Negative | 2 | 21 |
*IDUs, injection drug users.
