CHICKENPOX

Chickenpox

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus . It usually starts with vesicular skin rash mainly on the body and head rather than at the periphery and becomes itchy, raw pockmarks, which mostly heal without scarring. On examination, the observer typically finds skin lesions at various stages of healing and also ulcers in the oral cavity and tonsil areas.

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chickenpox

Noun

  1. A common childhood disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), also known as human herpes virus 3 (HHV-3).


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