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Murray said:Ummm... parvovirus B19 (also known as Fifth disease) is a very common childhood virus.
From eMedicine.com
Frequency
United States
Parvovirus B19 infection is extremely common. Seropositivity rates are 5-10% among young children (aged 2-5 years), increasing to 50% by age 15 years and 60% by age 30 years. A small percentage of adults acquire infection every year, resulting in an incidence of approximately 90% in adults older than 60 years.
Tell me how this is connected to PED?
It is a very common virus, however it seldom becomes symptomatic. Strock, who is now a Doctor, talks about this in the article
a symptomatic case of Parvovirus in an ordinarily healthy young Caucasian male. It's almost unheard of to see the kind of symptoms that I suffered.
Strock was given Cortisone, an immunosuppressant. It is his position in the case, that it was the Cortisone that triggered the change. I think we can agree that US Cycling and Chris Charmicheal would not have settled if his case did not have some merit.