Parvovirus B19: The Other 19
Episode description
In this episode, we delve into Parvovirus B19: What does it do? How does it affect the joints? How was it discovered? Does it only infect young female schoolteachers? Find out!
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- Intro :12
- Shout out to Cleveland Clinic Biologic Therapies Summit 1:22
- In this episode 2:11
- An overview of the virus 3:46
- What causes the aplastic crisis? 6:16
- What does the virus do in humans? 11:46
- A two-phase trial on young adults 14:29
- A summary of studies 18:55
- So, what happens to these patients? 22:59
- How about a long-term study? 24:39
- Summing up Parvovirus 19 26:42
- The big takeaway from this episode 27:33
- The next episode 28:06
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