| the incidence of human parvovirus b19 infection during pregnancy and its impact on perinatal outcome. | a prospective study of parvovirus b19 infection during pregnancy was conducted at a large teaching hospital in barcelona, spain. women (1610) who were < 28 weeks pregnant at enrollment were screened for parvovirus infection. the prevalence of igg positivity was 35.03% (564/1610). the incidence of acute infection during pregnancy was 3.7% (60/1610). there were five abortions among the b19-infected women but only one was caused by parvovirus, as assessed by histologic examination and polymerase ch ... | 1995 | 7751717 |