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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2024

Epidemic of parvovirus B19 and disease severity in pregnant people, Denmark, January to March 2024.

Anne Christine Nordholm, Frederik Trier Møller, Signe Fischer Ravn, Lotte Flink Sørensen, Anja Moltke-Prehn, Jacob Elskær Mollerup, Tjede Funk, Lene Sperling, Ulisa Jeyaratnam, Kristina Træholt Franck and 5 more

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. [Epidemiological, clinical, and diagnostic analysis of an outbreak of Parvovirus B19 infection in Mallorca Island].Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2025
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  16. Ongoing outbreak of maternal parvovirus B19 infections in Germany since end of 2023: consequence of COVID-19 pandemic?Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Anne Christine NordholmDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Frederik Trier MøllerDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Signe Fischer RavnDepartment of Data Integration and Analysis, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lotte Flink SørensenDepartment of Data Integration and Analysis, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Anja Moltke-PrehnDepartment of Data Integration and Analysis, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jacob Elskær MollerupDepartment of Data Integration and Analysis, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Tjede FunkDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lene SperlingDepartment of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Ulisa JeyaratnamDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kristina Træholt FranckDepartment of Virus and Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Karina Hjort-PedersenDepartment of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Christina Hjørnet KamperDepartment of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Rikke Thoft NielsenDepartment of Data Integration and Analysis, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Pikka JokelainenInfectious Disease Preparedness, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Maria WessmanDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report an epidemic of parvovirus B19 infections in Denmark during the first quarter of 2024, with a peak incidence 3.5 times higher than during the most recent epidemic in 2017. In total, 20.1% (130/648) of laboratory-confirmed cases were pregnant. Severe adverse outcomes were observed among 12.3% (16/130) of pregnant people and included foetal anaemia, foetal hydrops and miscarriage. Parvovirus B19 infection is not systematically monitored, but a national laboratory-based surveillance system is currently being established in Denmark.

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Parvoviridae InfectionsParvovirus B19, HumanPregnancy Complications, InfectiousAbortion, SpontaneousAdolescentAdultDenmarkEpidemicsErythema InfectiosumFemaleHumansHydrops FetalisIncidencePopulation SurveillancePregnancySeverity of Illness Indexepidemiologyerythema infectiosumFifth diseaseparvovirus B19pregnancypublic healthsurveillance

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PMCPMC11177569

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