MCQ – 79402

Child in the image is having vesicular lesions on lower lip, palms & soles, which of the following group causes the disease?

A.	HSV – 1
B.	Picornaviridae
C.	Togaviridae
D.	Poxvirus

Show Answer

Correct Answer � C Explanation

Ans. C. Togaviridae

• Vesiculobullous lesions were a common cutaneous manifestation of chikungunya fever in infants.
• Pigmentary lesions were the generalized, brownish-black and predominantly involved face and extremities.
• Generalized maculopapular eruption or erythema with islands of normal skin was noted, mostly 2-3 days after onset of fever.
• It started on the trunk and then spread centrifugally involving the face, palms and soles.
• Mucosal regions were spared.
• Mostly it subsided in 4-5 days, but in 5 cases there was peeling of the skin over body, palms, and soles, resembling staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS)