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SEASONAL PREVALENCE OF ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM
Author(s) -
Saburi Yasuo,
Takahashi Toyozoh,
Okuda Kenji
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1985.tb02858.x
Subject(s) - erythema infectiosum , incidence (geometry) , erythema , dermatology , demography , medicine , immunology , viral disease , parvoviridae , virus , physics , optics , sociology
During the five years from 1979 to 1983, seasonal variations in epidemics of erythema infectiosum was studied. The peak incidence appeared in April in 1981 and 1983, in May in 1979, and in June in 1980 and 1982. These results suggest that the disease is a springtime one.