An exanthem is any eruptive skin rash that may be associated ... In children, exanthems are most often related to infection and, of these, viral infections are the most common.
Clumps of petechiae on your skin look like a rash ... Change in consciousness. Some infections caused by viruses, known as viral hemorrhagic fevers, can cause changes in consciousness as well ...
they travel from the infection site in the skin to the lymph nodes (Figure 1). How does the immune system respond? The infected Langerhans cells display dengue viral antigens on their surface ...
(B) The dengue virus infects the Langerhans cells, a type of dendritic cell in the skin ... fight the infection, the immune system produces antibodies to neutralize the dengue viral particles ...
Doctors have warned Americans they could soon face a 'quad-demic' of viral illnesses this winter ... the Christmas and New Year period makes the infections more common. And because fewer people ...