Fifth Disease.
Your child is required to remain home
Cause/Symptoms:
Transmission:
Incubation:
Period of Communicability
- Virus
- Fever, headache, malaise, anorexia, infrequent stools and possible rash on trunk
Transmission:
- Person to person by direct or indirect contact with respiratory secretions; mother to fetus
Incubation:
- 4 to 14 days; can be as long as 21 days
Period of Communicability
- Most infectious a few days before the onset of rash
We can discuss your child's return to daycare once all the following criteria has been met:
Infected children with sickle cell or other forms of chronic anemia and pregnant personnel are advised to consult with their health care provider.
- The daycare fever policy has been followed
- A doctor's note is required stating the rash is no longer contagious
Infected children with sickle cell or other forms of chronic anemia and pregnant personnel are advised to consult with their health care provider.
Your child is required to remain home for at least forty-eight (48) hours, if not longer.