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Infectious Diseases I
A 6-year-old child present with low grade fever, pharyngitis and mild conjunctivitis. After about one week he developed facial rash with circumoral pallor followed by a pruritic reticulated rash over the body that waxes and wanes (recur with exercise and bathing). Of the following, the MOST likely cause is
Explanation
ExplanationErythema infectiosum (fifth disease) is caused by the human parvovirus B19, a single-stranded DNA virus producing a benign viral exanthem in healthy children.
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