Zahra Shabani

Department of Virology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Relation between parvovirus B19 infection and fetal mortality and spontaneous abortion

  Background: Infection with parvovirus B19 may cause fetal losses including spontaneous abortion, intrauterine fetal death and non-immune hydropsfetalis. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of parvovirus B19 in formalin fixed placental tissues in lost fetuses using real-time PCR method.   Methods : In this cross-sectional study, 100 formalin fixed placental tissues with unknown...