Parvovirus B19-induced vascular damage in the heart is associated with elevated circulating endothelial microparticles

Abstract

EMP subpopulations are different in B19V+ myocarditis in humans and transgenic B19V mice reflecting vascular damage. EMP profiles might permit differentiation between endothelial-cell-mediated diseases like myocardial B19V infection and other causes of myocarditis.