If you’re pregnant and you get fifth disease, it can spread through your blood to the baby. This is rare, though. By the time the rash appears, children are no longer contagious and may attend ...

Fifth disease is an infection caused by a virus called parvovirus B19. It's typically harmless, but in rare cases if you get ...

Fifth disease can cause serious anemia (low blood count) in your baby. Less than 5% of the time, parvovirus B19 can cause miscarriage. To prevent infection, practice good hygiene: ...

What is fifth disease? ... In pregnant people, the infection could spread to the baby. “It can cross the placenta and cause severe anemia in the fetus, causing fatal outcomes,” Russo says.

Parvovirus B19 infections, also known as 'slapped cheek' or fifth disease, are on the rise, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns. The respiratory illness is usually mild, and can ...

Fifth Disease, or parvovirus B19, also known as erythema infectiosum. Roseola, a viral infection occasionally still called Sixth disease, which can cause high fever and rash.

The reason why it’s often called “slapped-cheek” disease is because the virus causes fifth disease. That’s the bright red rash that shows up on the face, mainly in kids, but adults can get ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has issued a health advisory about an alarming rise in cases of parvovirus B19. The childhood illness — also known as Fifth Disease, or “slapped cheek ...

Fifth disease shows as more of a blush-like rash in the cheeks. Child's cheeks show the characteristic rash associated with fifth disease. - Image from Centers for Disease Control.

The viral infection also known as “slapped cheek” syndrome is common among young children. Cases have been reported in Toronto-area schools.