RT Book, Section
A1 Brown, Kevin E.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1141410910
T1 PARVOVIRUS INFECTIONS
T2 Harrison's Infectious Diseases, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835971
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141410910
RD 2024/04/19
AB Parvoviruses,  members  of  the  family  Parvoviridae,  are  small  (diameter,  ~22  nm),  nonenveloped,  icosahedral  viruses  with  a  linear  single-strand  DNA  genome  of  ~5000  nucleotides.  These  viruses  are  dependent  on  either  rapidly  dividing  host  cells  or  helper  viruses  for  replication.  At  least  four  groups  of  parvoviruses  infect  humans:  parvovirus  B19  (B19V),  dependoparvoviruses  (adeno-associated  viruses;  AAVs),  PARV4/5  virus,  and  human  bocaviruses  (HBoVs).  Human  dependoparvoviruses  are  nonpathogenic  and  will  not  be  considered  further  in  this  chapter.