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Robert J Petrella1– 6 1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 2Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA; 3Emergency Departments, CharterCARE Health Partners, Providence and North Providence, RI, USA; 4Emergency Department, Boston VA Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; 5Emergency Departments, Steward Health Care Systems, Boston and Methuen, MA, USA; 6Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence: Robert J Petrella, Email robertjpetrella@yahoo.comAbstract: Sixth Disease (roseola infantum) and its primary causative agent, HHV-6, share names that numerically concur. This article examines and answers the question of whether that correspondence is by design or coincidental by briefly reviewing the history and nomenclature of the HHV viruses and the classic febrile rashes of childhood while highlighting some clinical and microbiologic features of HHV-6 infection.Keywords: HHV-6, HHV-7, human herpesviruses, roseola infantum, sixth disease, Kawasaki disease, viral taxonomy, nomenclature, emergency medicine, historical coincidence |
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