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fifth disease

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fifth disease
n.
A mild viral disease occurring mainly in early childhood, characterized by fever, a rosy-red rash on the cheeks that often spreads to the trunk and limbs, and usually arthritis and malaise. Also called erythema infectiosum.
[From its being fifth in frequency of rash-producing childhood diseases.]
fifth disease
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a mild infectious disease of childhood, caused by a virus, characterized by fever and a red rash spreading from the cheeks to the limbs and trunk Also called slapped-cheek disease Technical name erythema infectiosum
[from its being among the five most common childhood infections]


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To date, the only parvovirus known to be pathogenic in humans is B 19, which is responsible for Fifth disease in children (2).
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