Three-day fever, also known as exanthema subitum, roseola infantum or sixth disease, is a typical childhood illness and is caused by...

Pertussis, colloquially known as whooping cough, is a severe bacterial infection that requires immediate medical treatment with...

Rubella is a contagious viral infection that is now rare due to vaccination in infancy. Vaccination of children, especially girls before...

Measles is a very contagious viral infection that must be reported to a doctor. The period from infection of the disease to the outbreak...

Mumps is a viral infection that was still very common before the introduction of general childhood vaccination. The period of infection...

Scarlet fever is caused by bacteria such as streptococci, which are among the most common pathogens of bacterial diseases of the upper...