Zahra Habibagahi

Department of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

[ 1 ] - No Definite Association between Human Parvovirus B19 Infection and Behçet Disease

Background: The etiology of the Behçet disease (BD) has remained obscured. There have been studies to show the association of BD to infections like herpes simplex, hepatitis, and parvovirus B19 however, the findings are rather controversial.Materials and Methods: We selected 55 patients with the best matched symptoms of BD and measured the loads of B19 DNA in their plasma by quantitative real t...

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