A CLASSIC CASE OF CHILDREN’S ROSEOLA
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https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2727.2024.3.14881Keywords:
children’s roseola, human herpesviruses of the 6th and 7th types, sudden exanthema, sixth disease, rash in childrenAbstract
Children’s roseola is a fairly common herpesvirus disease, mainly with an aerosol transmission mechanism, which most often affects infants and children under the age of three. It is characterized by an acute onset of fever, which, after normalization of body temperature, is replaced by a spotted-papular rash on the face and body, spreading to the extremities. The disease ends with the formation of permanent lifelong immunity. A case of illness in an 18-month-old child with classic manifestations of this widespread, but mostly benign disease is described.
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