Erythema infectiosum: an outbreak of "slapped cheek" disease in north Devon.
An outbreak of erythema infectiosum (fifth disease; megalerythema epidemicum) which occurred in a small north Devon town (population 3600) during the spring of 1975 is reported. All fifty-eight cases displayed the diagnostic "slapped cheek" appearance. Virological studies gave disappointingly negative results.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002610:Cheek; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004739:England; D004890:Erythema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification