INTRODUCTION

The B19 virus, generally referred to as parvovirus B19 (1) or sometimes erythrovirus B19 (2), was the first (and until 2005 the only) known human virus in the family of parvoviruses, genus erythrovirus. B19 virus causes a childhood rash called fifth disease or erythema infectiosum which is commonly called slapped cheek syndrome (3).

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2. Kahn JS, Kesebir D, Cotmore SF, et al. (July 2008). "Seroepidemiology of human bocavirus defined using recombinant virus-like particles". J. Infect. Dis. 198 (1): 41–50.

3. Vafaie J, Schwartz RA (2004). "Parvovirus B19 infections". Int J Dermatol 43 (10): 747–9.

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