Question 27 (part 2) · LEK · Erythema infectiosum

In the course of B19 parvovirus infection, the development of the following may occur.

  1. A. red cell aplasia.
  2. B. Diamond-Blackfan anaemia.
  3. C. sickle cell disease.
  4. D. hereditary spherocytosis.
  5. E. haemophilia A.
Hint

Parvovirus B19 enters erythroid progenitor cells via the P antigen; consider what happens to red cell production.

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