Human Parvovirus and giant cell arteritis : A selective arteritic impact ?

Peak incidences of giant cell arteritis (GCA) following human Parvovirus epidemics were found in 2 previous epidemiological studies. The incidence of GCA [temporal arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica (TA + PMR)] was studied before and after a major epidemic of human Parvovirus in 1994. Clinical dat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical and experimental rheumatology 2000-07, Vol.18 (4), p.S12-S14
Hauptverfasser:	ELLING, H, OLSSON, A. T, ELLING, P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antibodies, Viral - blood Biological and medical sciences Denmark - epidemiology Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data Giant Cell Arteritis - epidemiology Giant Cell Arteritis - microbiology Giant Cell Arteritis - virology Human viral diseases Humans Incidence Infectious diseases Medical sciences Mycoplasma pneumoniae Parvoviridae Infections - epidemiology Parvoviridae Infections - immunology Parvovirus Pneumonia, Mycoplasma - epidemiology Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis Seroepidemiologic Studies Viral diseases Viral diseases of the digestive system
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Zusammenfassung:	Peak incidences of giant cell arteritis (GCA) following human Parvovirus epidemics were found in 2 previous epidemiological studies. The incidence of GCA [temporal arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica (TA + PMR)] was studied before and after a major epidemic of human Parvovirus in 1994. Clinical data from the National Patient Register showed a significant inversion of the TA/PMR ratio during a 12-month period after an HPV epidemic. The inversion of this ratio was due to an increase in TA. The change in the ratio was most pronounced in the regions with the epicenter of the epidemic.
ISSN:	0392-856X 1593-098X