Sa. Barton et al., ANTICOMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITY IN SERUM SAMPLES FROM PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PARVOVIRUS B19 INFECTION, Journal of Clinical Pathology, 48(5), 1995, pp. 493-494
Of 65 serum samples submitted for diagnostic purposes which proved to
be anticomplementary by complement fixation test, 49 were parvovirus B
19 IgM positive. Forty four of the 49 serum samples were from patients
with arthropathy. Acute parvovirus B19 infection should be suspected
when a patient has symptoms of disease of the joints and the serum is
anticomplementary.