Human parvovirus B19

EDITOR, - After investigating an outbreak in December 1993 of 24 cases of infection with parvovirus B19 in primary schools in Dublin, we wish to comment on J R Pattison's editorial.1 Firstly, Pattison noted that parvovirus B19 infection is often misdiagnosed as allergy, rubella, or other “viral infection” and may be clinically recognised only in an outbreak. The most striking feature reported …