| seroprevalence of human parvovirus b19 infection in sao tomé and principe, malawi and mascarene islands. | the prevalence of antibodies to human parvovirus b19 (anti-b19 igg) in sera (n = 577) from sao tomé and principe, malawi and mascarene islands (mauritius and rodriguez islands) was determined by antibody capture elisa. the b19 prevalence was 51.5% on sao tomé and principe, 58.4% in malawi, and 55.0% on the mauritius mainland and 2.2% on rodriguez island, indicating that b19 virus is highly prevalent not only in europe, japan and the americas but also in the african region. rodriguez islands has ... | 1989 | 2550018 |