Fi·la·tov-Dukes dis·ease

(fē'lah-tof dūks),

an exanthem-producing infectious childhood disease of unknown etiology.

Synonym(s): Filatov disease, fourth disease, parascarlatina, scarlatinella, scarlatinoid (2)

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Dukes,

Clement, English physician, 1845-1925.

Dukes disease - Synonym(s): Filatov-Dukes disease

Filatov-Dukes disease - see under Filatov, Nil

Filatov,

(Filitow), Nil Feodorovich, Russian pediatrician, 1847-1902.

Filatov disease - Synonym(s): Filatov-Dukes disease

Filatov spots - Synonym(s): Koplik spots

Filatov-Dukes disease - exanthem-producing infectious disease of childhood, etiology unknown. Synonym(s): Dukes disease; Filatov disease; fourth disease; parascarlatina; scarlatinella

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Fi·la·tov-Dukes dis·ease

(fēlah-tof dūks di-zēz)

Exanthem-producing infectious childhood disease of unknown etiology.
Synonym(s): fourth disease.

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References in periodicals archive

The common exanthems were numbered in the early 1900s and include in numerical order: rubeola, scarlet fever, Filatov-Dukes disease (now considered to be several viral diseases rather than a single entity), rubella, erythema infectiosum (fifth disease), and roseola (sometimes called exanthem subitum or sixth disease) (Adams & Ware, 1996).

Human parvovirus B19: flushed in face through healthy (fifth disease and more)

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