A 7-Year-Old Girl Is Brought to the Office Due to a Diffuse

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A 7-year-old girl is brought to the office due to a diffuse rash.  The father says she developed a lace-like, erythematous rash this morning on her stomach, back, and extremities.  Two days ago, the girl developed red, flushed cheeks.  She also had congestion, headache, and a low-grade fever for 3 days earlier this week.  Last week, her younger brother had similar symptoms that resolved spontaneously.  The infectious agent most likely responsible for this patient's disease replicates in progenitors of which of the following cell lines?

• A)Erythrocytes
• B)Hepatocytes
• C)Intestinal epithelial cells
• D)Lymphocytes
• E)Respiratory epithelial cells

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