Notice of RetractionEvidence of the Human Parvovirus B19 Circulating in Childbearing-Age Women in Wuhan of Hubei Province

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To determine the prevalence of human parvovirus B19 infection in general resident population, especially women, in Wuhan. The total 1700 blood samples were collected from two different hospitals which were divided into two groups for the experiment. DNAs extracted from blood serum were subjected to Nested-PCR analysis by using specific primers designed from the most conserved NS gene of parvovirus B19. The positive detective rates were 8.33% in group I (women) and 4.50% in group II (common adults, men and women). Our data demonstrated that prevalence of human parvovirus B19 infection in childbearing age women was much higher than that in ordinary population and diagnosis of B19 virus in pregnant women should be adopted to prevent newborns from infection. In addition, Nested-PCR is a sensitive, specific and convenient method that can be easily used for detection of human parvovirus B19 in blood samples.