Parvovirus Flashcards
1
Q
most common agent
A
parvovirus B19
Erythrovirus genus to cause human disease.
2
Q
age-
A
50% infected by age 15.
3
Q
transmission
A
respiratory.
most infecfions are asymptomatic.
4
Q
propensity of the parvo girus to affext bone marrow is reflexted by the presence of
A
theombocytopenia
leukopenia
during the acute infection
5
Q
the prototype for one virus many exanthem
A
Parvo b19
6
Q
dx asoc w b19
A
erythema infectiosum
papular purpuric gloves and socks syndrome
7
Q
freq secondary to b19
A
acute viral Myocarditis and pericarditis
