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Population-based study on the seroprevalence of parvovirus B19 in Amsterdam.
Journal of Medical Virology 2009 July
A study was undertaken to estimate the seroprevalence of parvovirus B19 infection in the general adult population of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. To our knowledge this is the first study testing parvovirus B19 in a random sample of the Dutch adult population. The study was a cross-sectional survey, and the study sample was stratified by age and ethnicity, with deliberate oversampling of minority ethnic groups. Serum samples obtained from 1,323 residents in 2004 were tested for antibodies to parvovirus B19. Basic demographic data (gender, age, country of birth, and number of children) were also available. Sixty-two percent of the participants were seropositive; corrected for the oversampling the estimated prevalence in the Amsterdam adult population was 61%. No specific predictors or risk groups for seropositivity were identified. In our urban adult study population no positive correlation with increasing neither age, nor significant differences between age groups were found. These results imply that almost 40% of the adult Amsterdam population is susceptible to infection. J. Med. Virol. 81:1305-1309, 2009. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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