TY - JOUR AU - Chen, Mao-Yuan AU - Yang, Shiu-Ju AU - Hung, Chien-Ching T1 - Placental Transmission of Human Parvovirus 4 in Newborns with Hydrops, Taiwan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 10 SP - 1954 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In studying the epidemiology of parvovirus 4 (PARV4) in Taiwan, we detected DNA in plasma of 3 mothers and their newborns with hydrops. In 1 additional case, only the mother had PARV4 DNA. Our findings demonstrate that PARV4 can be transmitted through the placenta. KW - viruses KW - parvovirus B19V KW - parvovirus 4 KW - hydrops KW - vertical transmission KW - infants KW - dispatch KW - Taiwan DO - 10.3201/eid1710.101841 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/10/10-1841_article ER - End of Reference