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. 2011 Oct;49(10):3514–3518. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00854-11

Table 3.

Time elapsed from the onset of maternal and fetal symptomsa

Maternal symptoms Fetal symptoms B19 DNA detection
Polyarthralgia at 5 wks Moderate hyperechogenic bowel at 20 wks + 6 days, spontaneously resolved Positive on amniotic fluid sample and on serum sample at birth
Rash at 6 wks Moderate hyperechogenic bowel at 17 wks, spontaneously resolved Negative at birth
Rash at 17 wks Normal US image at 21 wks, ascites at 23 wks, and IUFD at 26 wks Positive on placental specimen
Rash at 17 wks Moderate cerebral ventriculomegaly at 20 wks + 4 days Lost to virological follow-up
a

US, ultrasound; IUFD, intrauterine fetal death. The table details the time that elapsed between the onset of maternal and fetal symptoms. The time is expressed in gestational weeks (+ additional days [where applicable]), starting from the date of conception.