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This is Lindsay Smith Rogers.

Today, why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a national warning about

parvovirus.

Dr. Erica Pajaska is a pediatric infectious disease physician at Johns Hopkins.

She talks to Dr. Josh Sharfstein about this common virus, the harm it can cause, and how

it's treated and prevented.

Spoiler alert, this podcast could have been titled

Yet Another Reason to Wash Your Hands.

Let's listen.

Dr. Erica Prohaska, thank you so much

for joining us on public health on call

to talk about parbovirus.

Now, you are a pediatric infectious disease physician,

is that right?

Yes, that is correct.

So just remind me, how much training does that require?

Thank you for reminding me of the amount of training.

It is four years of medical school, and then I did three years of pediatric's residency. I actually worked as a hospitalist in general pediatrics for a year prior to then coming to Johns Hopkins School of

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