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Created page with " * Varicella (chickenpox) ** Primary infection during childhood ** Lasts 6 days in immunocompetent persons ** Transmission *** Highly contagious *** Airborne transmission *** Incubation period 2 weeks ** Clinical features *** Lesions covering the entire body *** Severe pruritus *** Macules -> papules -> vesicles with erythematous base -> crusts **** All of these stages are present simultaneously, which is a hallmark for the disease *** Fever ** Virus remains latent in se..."
(Created page with " * Varicella (chickenpox) ** Primary infection during childhood ** Lasts 6 days in immunocompetent persons ** Transmission *** Highly contagious *** Airborne transmission *** Incubation period 2 weeks ** Clinical features *** Lesions covering the entire body *** Severe pruritus *** Macules -> papules -> vesicles with erythematous base -> crusts **** All of these stages are present simultaneously, which is a hallmark for the disease *** Fever ** Virus remains latent in se...")
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