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fifth disease: see parvovirus parvovirus , any of several small DNA viruses that cause several diseases in animals, including humans. In humans, parvoviruses cause fifth disease, or erythema infectiosum, an acute disease usually affecting young children.
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No references found			Fifth Disease It is so named because there are five common children? A Strange Children?s Illness by Brenda Williams / Food/cooking/nutrition community A common one is slapped cheek syndrome, or Fifth disease, which is caused by the parvovirus. SLAPPED CHEEK SYNDROME; Family casebook by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) Especially common in kids between the ages of 5 and 15, fifth disease typically produces a distinctive red rash on the face that makes the child appear to have a "slapped cheek. Fifth Disease-Information on Fifth Disease by peterhutch / Health, general community			Fiesta of the Black St. Benito Fiesta sa EDSA Fiesta San Antonio Fiestas Patrias fièvre boutonneuse FIF FIFA Fife fife rail Fife, Barney FIFO fifteen fifteen-degrees calorie Fifteenth All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers, Peasants, and Fifteenth Conference of the All-Union Communist Party Bolshevik Fifteenth Congress of the All-Union Communist Party Bolshevik Fifteenth of Av fifth Fifth All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers, Peasants, Red Army, Fifth Avenue Fifth Column Fifth Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party Fifth Congress of Soviets of the USSR Fifth Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party Fifth Dimension Technologies fifth disease fifth force fifth generation language Fifth Monarchy Men fifth normal form Fifth Regiment Fifth Republic fifth sound fifth wheel fifth-generation computer fifty Fifty-four forty or fight fifty-percent zone fig fig leaf fig leaves Fig Sunday Fig Tree Figaro Figaro, Le Figatner, Iurii Figatner, Iurii Petrovich Figelskii, Vladislav Figelskii, Vladislav Damianovich Fight-o-net fighter aircraft			Fifth Commandment Fifth Commandment Fifth Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party Fifth Congress of Soviets of the USSR Fifth Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party Fifth Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party Fifth Conserved Cysteine to Histidine Fifth Council of the Lateran Fifth Council of the Lateran Fifth cousin Fifth cousin Fifth cousin Fifth cousin once removed Fifth cousin once removed Fifth cousin once removed fifth cranial nerve fifth cranial nerve fifth cranial nerve Fifth Crusade Fifth declension Fifth declension Fifth declension Fifth derivative Fifth derivative Fifth derivative Fifth derivative Fifth derivative Fifth dimension Fifth Dimension Technologies Fifth Dimension Technologies fifth disease Fifth District Fifth District Dental Society Fifth District Employment and Training Consortium Fifth Ecumenical Council fifth estate Fifth finger Fifth Five Year Plan Fifth Flux Experiment fifth force fifth force Fifth Framework Programme Fifth generation Fifth generation computer Fifth Generation Computer Project Fifth Generation Computer Systems Fifth Generation Corvette Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft fifth generation language fifth generation language Fifth glove Fifth Gospel Fifth Grade Art Experience Fifth Helena Drive Fifth International Conference on Cold Fusion Fifth International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature Fifth Lagrange point

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