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Fifth disease, also known as erythema infectiosum and slapped cheek syndrome, [3] is a common and contagious disease caused by infection with parvovirus B19. [4] This virus was discovered in 1975 and can cause other diseases besides fifth disease. [ 5 ]
The virus is commonly known as Fifth Disease “because it was the fifth in a list of common childhood rash illnesses, which also included measles, scarlet fever, rubella and roseola,” says ...
Roseola, also known as sixth disease, is an infectious disease caused by certain types of human herpes viruses. [2] Most infections occur before the age of three. [ 1 ] Symptoms vary from absent to the classic presentation of a fever of rapid onset followed by a rash.
"fifth disease" parvovirus B19: Confluent erythematous and edematous patches on cheeks ("slapped cheek") for 1-4 days followed by a "lacy," reticular, erythematous rash on the body. Roseola infantum (exanthem subitum) "sixth disease" HHV-6 and HHV-7
Fifth Disease, or parvovirus B19, also known as erythema infectiosum. Roseola, a viral infection occasionally still called Sixth disease, which can cause high fever and rash.
Mammals serve as natural hosts. There are 26 species in this subfamily, divided among 5 genera. Diseases associated with this subfamily include: human cytomegalovirus (HHV-5): congenital CMV infection; HHV-6: 'sixth disease' (also known as roseola infantum or exanthem subitum); HHV-7: symptoms analogous to the 'sixth disease'. [1] [2]
Plus, the study didn’t necessarily find that CMV causes Alzheimer’s disease. Instead, it found that people who developed Alzheimer's were also more likely to have goten the virus.
B19 infection is often asymptomatic but can manifest in a variety of ways, including Fifth disease with its characteristic rash in children, persistent anemia in immunocompromised persons and in people who have underlying hemoglobinopathies, [20] transient aplastic crises, hydrops fetalis in pregnant women, and arthropathy. Human bocavirus 1 is ...