parvovirus B19
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Parvovirus B19 (PVB19) is the causative agent of erythema infectiosum and sometimes the infection is correlated with severe haematological complications, or in pregnancy to fetalis hydrops.
Moreover some authors suggest an infection involvement in some autoimmune diseases. Infection with parvovirus B19 (B19) has been associated with connective tissue disease (CTD) stigmata, namely, a systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-like illness, seronegative polyarthritis resembling rheumatoid arthritis, and vasculitis.
Pathology
parvoviral transient aplastic anemia
parvoviral pure red cell aplasia
parvoviral leucopenia
parvoviral neutropenia
parvoviral myocarditis
parvoviral hepatitis
parvoviral fetopathy
- nonimmune parvoviral hydrops fetalis (9670826)
References
Young NS, Brown KE. Parvovirus B19. N Engl J Med. 2004 Feb 5;350(6):586-97. PMID: 14762186