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. 1976 Apr 10;1(6014):885–886. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6014.885

Erythema infectiosum: an outbreak of "slapped cheek" disease in north Devon.

H E Cramp, B D Armstrong

PMCID: PMC1639593 PMID: 1260394

Abstract

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.

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