Parvo Podcast! Erythema Infectiosum, Fifth Disease, and more!
PEMBlog
MAY 1, 2025
It was discovered by accident back in 1975, so a little bit before I was born, and it was labeled B19 because of the sample number in a Hepatitis B screening panel. Parvovirus B19 is not routinely screened for in pregnancy, but vertical transmission can cause hydrops fetalis, stillbirth, and severe fetal anemia.
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