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==Overview==
==Overview==
==Causes==
==Causes==
Fifth disease is caused by infection with human parvovirus B19. This virus infects only humans. Pet dogs or cats may be immunized against "parvovirus," but these are animal parvoviruses that do not infect humans. Therefore, a child cannot "catch" parvovirus from a pet dog or cat, and a pet cat or dog cannot catch human parvovirus B19 from an ill child.
Fifth disease is caused by infection with human parvovirus B19. Human parvovirus is a linear, non-segmented single-stranded DNA virus.


==References==
==References==

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