the six erythematous diseases

the six erythematous diseases

(siks er-i-them'ă-tŭs di-zēz'), these pediatric exanthematous disorders have historically been ordered as follows:
First disease: measles
Second disease: scarlet fever (scarlatina)
Third disease: rubella (German measles)
Fourth disease:Filatov Duke disease (now considered the same as exanthema subitum)
Fifth disease: erythema infectiosum
Sixth disease: exanthema subitum (roseola).