Surveillance of blood donors detects an exceptional Parvovirus B19 outbreak in Switzerland in 2023/2024.
Similar to the situation in other European countries, Switzerland was struck with an unprecedented Parvovirus B19 outbreak in 2023/2024. The outbreak follows a two-year stretch with no positive Parvovirus B19 cases. It is likely that the measures implemented in 2020 to confine the spread of SARS-CoV-2 had a strong impact on other infectious diseases like Parvovirus B19.
Authors
- Christoph Niederhauser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3142-7616)
- Nadja Widmer
- Jutta Thierbach
- Martin Stolz
- Peter Gowland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9337-2836)
- Andreas Buser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7942-6746)
- Sophie Waldvogel
- Franziska Suter‐Riniker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8568-578X)
- Mauro Serricchio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7094-9807)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Swiss Red Cross (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2450/bloodtransfus.1028
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40