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Research Article; Medical Biotechnology

Detection of Human parvovirus B19 (HPVB19) in serum samples from fever-rash ill individuals during the rubella outbreak (2005) in Bulgaria

Andon ToshevDepartment of Biology, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Stefka IvanovaNCIPD, National Reference Laboratory of ‘Measles, Mumps, Rubella’, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Valentina KovalevaVirology Unit, Research Center of Military Epidemiology and Hygiene, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Lyubena AndonovaSpecialized Hospital for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases ‘Prof. Ivan Kirov’, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Zafira MihnevaNCIPD, National Reference Laboratory of ‘Measles, Mumps, Rubella’, Sofia, BulgariaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1103-1107 | Received 06 Jun 2014, Accepted 25 Jul 2014, Published online: 29 Oct 2014

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