Diseases

Erythema Infectiosum

Contagious infection with HUMAN PAROVIRUS B19 most commonly seen in school age children and characterized by fever, headache, and rashes of the face, trunk, and extremities. It is often confused with RUBELLA.

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Contagious infection with HUMAN PAROVIRUS B19 most commonly seen in school age children and characterized by fever, headache, and rashes of the face, trunk, and extremities. It is often confused with RUBELLA.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Fifth Disease
  • Human Parvovirus B19 Infection
  • Parvovirus B19 Infection
  • Infection, Parvovirus B19
  • Parvovirus B19 Infections

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Previous Indexing

  • Parvovirus Infections (1986-1991)
  • Skin Diseases, Infectious (1972-1991)
  • Virus Diseases (1966-1982)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Erythema Infectiosum. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016731. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016731
  2. Erythema Infectiosum. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_disease
  3. Erythema Infectiosum. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q753654