Novel Human Parvovirus 4 Genotype 3 in Infants, Ghana

• DOI: 10.3201/eid1607.100025
• Publication Date: 2010-06-24T16:13:21Z
• Authors: Marcus Panning; Robin Kobbe; Silke Vollbach; Jan Felix Drexler; Samuel Adjei; Ohene Adjei; Christian Drosten; Jürgen May; Anna Maria Eis-Hü...
• Keywords: Male; 0303 health sciences; PARV4; Genotype; infants; R; Dispatch; Infant; dispatch; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Ghana; 3. Good health; Parvovirus; 03 medical and health sciences; Medicine; Humans; genotype 3; viruses; Female; Viremia

Human parvovirus 4 has been considered to be transmitted only parenterally. However, after novel genotype 3 of parvovirus 4 was found in 2 patients with no parenteral risks, we tested infants in Ghana. A viremia rate of 8.6% over 2 years indicates that this infection is common in children in Africa.