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| Parvoviridae
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Parvovirus B19 was the first human parvovirus to be discovered and is best known for causing a childhood exanthem called " fifth disease" (erythema infectiosum), although it is also associated with other diseases including arthritis.
Parvovirus RA-1 had originally also been associated with rheumatoid arthritis, but this is now thought to have been an error due to laboratory contamination.
Virology