Lower Incidence of Parvovirus-B19 Infections in Dutch Blood Donors during SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
Marijke W. Molenaar‐de Backer, Boris M. Hogema, Marco Koppelman, Thijs van de Laar, Ed Slot, Hans L. Zaaijer
Abstract
During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, several studies reported a lower incidence of respiratory infections other than COVID-19 compared to previous years, but bias due to changes in uptake and capacity of non-COVID care cannot be excluded. The routine screening of Dutch blood donors remained unchanged during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and showed a significant reduction of silent parvovirus B19 (B19V) infections from 4.0/100,000 donations in 2013 to 2019 to 0.6/100,000 donations in 2020 and 0.0/100,000 donations in first 6 months of 2021.
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PandemicParvovirusIncidence (geometry)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Medicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakCoronavirusVirologyInternal medicineVirusOutbreakDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)PhysicsOpticsParvovirus B19 Infection StudiesDermatological and COVID-19 studies