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roseola
[ roh-zee-uh-luh, roh-zee-oh-luh ]
roseola
/ °ùəʊˈ³ú¾±ËÉ™±ôÉ™ /
noun
- a feverish condition of young children that lasts for some five days during the last two of which the patient has a rose-coloured rash. It is caused by the human herpes virus
- any red skin eruption or rash
Derived Forms
- °ù´Çˈ²õ±ð´Ç±ô²¹°ù, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ù´Ç·²õ±ðo·±ô²¹°ù adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of roseola1
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The disease is characterized by respiratory symptoms, fever, conjunctivitis and a rash that can be mistaken for roseola, scarlet fever or other viral infections.
When this happens, adults can shed the virus and infect their young children; research suggests that many babies actually become infected with roseola via their parents.
They found a relatively high prevalence of hepatitis B and other viruses that can affect pregnancies, as well as a gene variant associated with roseola, which causes a high fever and rash in babies.
Common viruses that can cause rashes include roseola, chickenpox and measles.
The condition can develop before conception, when an egg or sperm cell becomes infected with a strain of herpes virus that causes the common childhood disease known as roseola, Flamand said.
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