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MeSH Heading: Erythema Infectiosum
Tree Number(s): C01.925.256.700.300; C01.925.825.260; C17.800.229.335; C17.800.838.790.260
Unique ID: D016731
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016731
Scope Note: Contagious infection with HUMAN PAROVIRUS B19 most commonly seen in school age children and characterized by fever, headache, and rashes of the face, trunk, and extremities. It is often confused with RUBELLA.
Entry Term(s): Fifth Disease; Human Parvovirus B19 Infection; Parvovirus B19 Infection
Previous Indexing: Parvovirus Infections (1986-1991); Skin Diseases, Infectious (1972-1991); Virus Diseases (1966-1982)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Date Introduced: 1992/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0025479
Scope Note: Contagious infection with HUMAN PAROVIRUS B19 most commonly seen in school age children and characterized by fever, headache, and rashes of the face, trunk, and extremities. It is often confused with RUBELLA.
Terms: Erythema Infectiosum Preferred Term
Term UI T050150
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Fifth Disease
Term UI T050151
Date01/04/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Human Parvovirus B19 Infection
Term UI T001144874
Date08/21/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Parvovirus B19 Infection
Term UI T000908427
Date09/30/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

Erythema Infectiosum MeSH Descriptor Data 2026