Spotty viral infection (7)

I believe the answer is:

measles

'spotty viral infection' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for measles that I've seen before include "Children's viral disease" , "Disease suffered in childhood" , "I appear as 8 [RASH]" , "Ailment" , "Childhood viral disease" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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