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Descriptor English: Exanthema Subitum
Descriptor Spanish: Exantema Súbito
Descriptor exantema súbito
Entry term(s) roséola infantil
sexta enfermedad
Scope note: Enfermedad aguda y breve causada que afecta a lactantes y niños pequeños. Se caracteriza por fiebre elevada al principio que cede tras 3-4 días y la aparición concomitante de un exantema macular o maculopapular que aparece primero en el tronco y luego se extiende a otras zonas. Es la sexta de las clásicas enfermedades exantemáticas y está causada por HERPESVIRUS 6 HUMANO. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Exantema Súbito
Descriptor French: Exanthème subit
Entry term(s): Disease, Sixth
Roseola Infantum
Sixth Disease
Tree number(s): C01.925.256.466.850.290
C01.925.825.290
C17.800.257.335
C17.800.838.790.290
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005077
Scope note: An acute, short-lived, viral disease of infants and young children characterized by a high fever at onset that drops to normal after 3-4 days and the concomitant appearance of a macular or maculopapular rash that appears first on the trunk and then spreads to other areas. It is the sixth of the classical exanthematous diseases and is caused by HHV-6; (HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN). (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Annotation: acute short-lived viral dis of inf & young child caused by human herpesvirus 6
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 5176
Unique ID: D005077
NLM Classification: WC 570
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2004/07/13
Exanthema Subitum - Preferred
Concept UI M0007994
Scope note An acute, short-lived, viral disease of infants and young children characterized by a high fever at onset that drops to normal after 3-4 days and the concomitant appearance of a macular or maculopapular rash that appears first on the trunk and then spreads to other areas. It is the sixth of the classical exanthematous diseases and is caused by HHV-6; (HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN). (From Dorland, 27th ed)
Preferred term Exanthema Subitum
Entry term(s) Disease, Sixth
Roseola Infantum
Sixth Disease



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