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Childhood exanthems
- First disease: measles
- Second disease: scarlet fever, caused by group A Streptococcus
- Third disease: rubella or German measles
- Fourth disease: "Duke's disease"; may or may not exist; ?Staph scalded skin syndrome
- Fifth disease: erythema infectiosum, caused by parvovirus B19
- Sixth disease: roseola infantum, caused by human herpesvirus 6 or 7
Further Reading
- First to seventh diseases: discarded diagnoses? BMJ. 2015;351:h3525.