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Meigs and Pepper, 1870; Zahorsky, 1910
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Sporadically occurring, aerosol-spreading, characteristically lasting for 3 days ("three-day fever"), highly febrile, virus-induced "childhood disease" (HHV-6 (occasionally also HHV-7), a DNA virus from the herpes family) with permanent immunity.
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Human DNA virus from the herpes family (HHV-6 and 25% by HHV-7). S.u. Herpes viruses, human.
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Occurs in 95% of cases in the 6th month to 3 years before age; rarely in adulthood.
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Incubation period: 3-7 days. Onset with lassitude, fatigue, possibly mild or moderate sore throat; sudden (subitum) rise in fever to 39-40 °C, critical fall after 3 days.
Volatile pinkish exanthema, progressing centrifugally from the trunk to the extremities, usually excluding the face, rubeoliform or morbilloid. Lymphadenopathy
Occasional papular enanthem around the uvula and soft palate (so-called "Nagayama spots").
In adults, analogous exanthema with lymphadenopathy.
In adults, the primary infection is accompanied by a highly febrile clinical picture with maculo-papular exanthema, gastroenteritis, lymphadenopathy, and possible complicating hepatitis and meningoencephalitis.
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LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Fried I et al (2009) HHV-6 infection - not always a three-day fever. SDDG 7: 234-236
- Meigs JF, Pepper W (1870) A practical treatise of the diseases of children. Lindsay and Blakiston, Philadelphia, pp. 701-703 and 803-806
- Zahorsky J (1910) Roseola infantilitis. Pediatrics 22: 60-64
- Zahorsky J (1913) Roseola infantum. JAMA 61: 1446-1450
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Herpesviridae; HHV-6; Roseola infantum; Rose rash of infants; Sixth disease; Three-day fever;Outgoing links (10)
Coxsackie virus infections; Erythema infectiosum; Flu; Herpesviridae; Measles; Mononucleosis infectious; Paracetamol; Rash; Scarlet fever; Shaking mixture;Disclaimer
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