New Viral Exanthems

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Abstract
MANY common viral diseases have long been recognized by the specific nature of their accompanying rashes. The eruptions of herpes simplex, smallpox and cowpox were readily recognized by their distinctive characteristics, and vaccination against smallpox was practiced successfully long before the era of modern virology. Recent successes in the isolation and propagation of viruses from varicella and herpes zoster,1 measles2 and rubella3 , 4 also have not been of much help in the clinical diagnosis and management of these infections although they have definitely increased the prospects for their prevention.Other illnesses associated with exanthems that are poorly characterized have been noted . . .