Roseola (Sixth Disease) 

• HHV-6
• Incubation Period: 9 – 10 days
• affects a child between 6 months and 2 years of age 
• persists up to 5 days 

• Clinical Features:
  • fever followed by macular rash as fever wanes. 
    • After a few days, the fever subsides, and just as the child appears to be recovering, a red rash appears. 
  • Rash:
    • This usually begins on the trunk
    • spreading to the legs and neck.
    • The rash is not itchy and may last 1 to 3 days

• Complications
  • Associated with febrile convulsion due to the sudden rise in body temperature

• Treatment
  • regular antipyretics