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Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the

No index entries found.i (VZV). Itherpes zoster outbreak takes about 10 to


can be passed from person to person by 21 days. A moderate prodrome of fever
direct touch with fluid from the blisters and malaise may happen 1 to 2 days
or discharges from the respiratory tract orbefore the rash starts, especially in
by touching an infected person's clothingadults. However, we can notice in
or bedding. Airborne transmission ischildren. The rash is commonly the first
likely to pass on sneezing and coughing. indication of Chickenpox disease. The
The standard incubation period forrash first rises on the chest, back, and
varicella is about 14 to 16 days. Andface and then expands over the whole
after that, manifesting varicella or a body, making between 350 and 600 itchy
blisters
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