Parvovirus B19 serology in early inflammatory polyarthritis--experience from a tertiary core teaching hospital in South India.

This study was done to look for IgM antibody to parvovirus B19 in early inflammatory arthritis patients and their clinical correlations, if any. This was a retrospective case sheet based study and follow-up. IgM antibody to parvovirus B19 was studied in 47 patients who presented to the rheumatology outpatient department with early arthropathy of less than 24 weeks' duration during their first 3 months of onset or flare of arthritis.