What diseases are associated with human parvo B19 infection?
It is responsible for several diseases, including erythema infectiosum (fifth disease) in children, transient aplastic crisis in adults, fetal hydrops in infected mothers, and pseudorheumatoid inflammatory arthritis. Additionally, this virus can cause fever, rash, myalgia, arthritis (adults > children), cytopenia, hypocomplementemia, a positive ANA, and transient antiphospholipid antibodies, mimicking lupus.