HIGH PREVALENCE OF PARVOVIRUS B19 IGG ANTIBODIES AMONG DUTCH HEMOPHILIA PATIENTS

Citation
Ep. Mauserbunschoten et al., HIGH PREVALENCE OF PARVOVIRUS B19 IGG ANTIBODIES AMONG DUTCH HEMOPHILIA PATIENTS, Vox sanguinis, 74(4), 1998, pp. 225-227
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
ISSN journal
00429007
Volume
74
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
225 - 227
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-9007(1998)74:4<225:HPOPBI>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Human parvovirus B19 is a potential risk to hemophiliac patients receiving blood products. Materials and Methods: To determine the prevalence of the corresponding antibody in patients with hemophilia A or B or von Willebrand's disease, we tested 326 hem ophilia patients for anti-B19 IgG. The results were compared with thos e of 203 age-matched controls (male blood donors and children). Result s: The overall prevalence of B19 IgG in the hemophilia patients was 30 2/326, and in the controls 123/203. Below the age of 10, hemophilia pa tients had a higher prevalence of B19 IgG (76%, 42/55) than the contro ls (23%, 11/48; p < 0.00001). In those below the age of 5 who had been treated exclusively with monoclonally purified concentrate, it made n o difference whether the product was pasteurized or solvent-detergent treated. There was a significantly lower incidence in patients who wer e rarely treated. Conclusion: Parvovirus B19 is frequently transmitted in blood products. Existing virus-inactivating methods do not prevent transmission.