Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Public Health 2251-6085 34 1 2005 03 15 51 54 M Mahmoodian Shooshtari M Nabi Foroghi R Hamkar 2015 10 03 Human parvovirus B19, the causative agent of fifth disease in childhood, is non-enveloped DNA virus and resistant to many physicochemical agents. B19 is a potential risk to hemophiliac patients receiving blood products. To determine the prevalence of the corresponding antibody in patients with hemophilia A or B or Von Will brand’s disease (VWBD), we tested 180 hemophilia patients aged 1-45 years for anti B19 IgG. This work was descriptive, cross-sectional study. The results were compared with those of 400 age-matched controls, male blood donors and male children (18-45 and 3-17 years of age, respectively). The overall prevalence of B19 IgG in the hemophilia patients was 74% (133/180), and in the controls 56.5% (226/400, P https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/1880 https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/1880/1861