Fifth Disease

Fifth Disease and Pregnancy
By Robin Elise Weiss, LCCE, About.com Guide
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Fifth disease is a common childhood viral infection caused by human parvovirus B-19. It is also known as erythema infectiousum or "slapped cheek disease" because the facial rash resembles slap marks.

Fifth Disease
Causes: Parvovirus B19.
Symptoms: The illness begins with a bright red rash on the cheeks, followed by a reddish, bumpy, itchy rash on the limbs.

Fifth Disease. See Erythema infectiosum
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Slapped cheek disease (erythema infectiosum) is also known as fifth disease because it was the last of five "red rash" childhood diseases to be defined after scarlet fever, measles, rubella, and roseola.

Fifth Disease -- an illness commonly acquired by small children resembling the flu with a rash across their cheeks.

Fifth Disease - An illness that is caused by a the human parvovirus B19, which is transmitted through respiratory secretions and blood. Fifth disease is most common in the early spring and children ages 2-12 are the most likely to develop the illness.

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Outbreaks of Fifth disease in schools and day care settings occurs usually in winter or spring. In the UK, April and May are the peak months, though it may occur at any time.

Parvovirus B19 (fifth disease)
Most pregnant women who are infected with this virus do not have serious problems. But there is a small chance the virus can infect the fetus.

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Slapped cheek disease is also called erythema infectiosum or fifth disease, because it was the fifth red rash-type disease to be identified. The other four are scarlet fever, measles, rubella, and roseola.

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