PARVOVIRUSES AND FIFTH DISEASE
| Auteur: | Microbiology and Immunology on-line University of South Carolina |
| Tags: | Foto's/dia's Lessen/cursussen Leerboek Virussen Hoger onderwijs Middelbaar onderwijs Nederlands Medisch/Veterinair |
| Bron: | http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mhunt/parvo.htm 
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Childhood rash disease Fifth disease is one of the common childhood rashes and is caused by human parvovirus B-19 (figure 1). It is also called erythrema infectiosum or slapped face disease because of the rash on the cheeks. It is called fifth disease because it was the fifth of a series of rashes, ordered in the sequence that they were reported, that all look very similar. The others are measles (Rubeola), scarlet fever (Scarlatina), German measles (3-day measles, rubella) and Dukes' disease. About half of the US population has been infected by parvovirus B-19 and infection results in life-long immunity.
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