Two children attend the same daycare, but one child is at daycare in the morning and the other child attends the daycare facility in the afternoon. Both children become ill with fifth disease within a day of each other. How might the pathogen have infected both children?

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Fomite transmission is likely because both children could have touched contaminated surfaces or objects at the daycare, allowing the pathogen to spread even though they attended at different times.

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