Erythema infectiosum, or fifth disease, is a benign pediatric condition caused by B19 parvovirus. It causes a mild, self-limiting 'slapped-cheek' facial rash with low-grade fever and malaise in immunocompetent children. Parvovirus B 19 also causes a wide range of clinical complications, including thrombocytopenia and neurological manifestations in immunocompromised patients and intrauterine fetal death in primary infected pregnant women.
Category
Viral infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral infections characterised by skin or mucous membrane lesions
1F04 Erythema infectiosum
H00404 Erythema infectiosum
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by ssDNA viruses
H00404 Erythema infectiosum
