<i>Notes from the Field:</i> Increase in Diagnoses of Human Parvovirus B19–Associated Aplastic Crises in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease — Atlanta, Georgia, December 14, 2023–September 30, 2024
Wilcoxon rank-sum test. A vaso-occlusive complication in the pulmonary vasculature. A sudden enlargement of the spleen caused by trapping of sickled red blood cells, resulting in reduction in blood volume and hemoglobin.
Authors
- Beatrice E. Gee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0233-0321)
- Ashwin Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0075-3304)
- Gerhard W. Kalmus
- Amy Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1573-6734)
- Marianne E. Yee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6082-8385)
- Jason Payne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0615-1569)
Publication Details
- Journal
- MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Published
- 2024-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7347a5
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.56
Funders
- National Institutes of Health