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By ohyaiamhere on July 4th, 2009
Chicken Pox
If you want to know stuff about chicken pox then this is the article for you!
Chicken pox is contagious !
caustive agent agent – Varicella zoster virus ( VZV ) .
Transmission – through coughs or sneezes of ill individuals , or through direct contact . People with no immunition will catch it .
Symptoms – starts with a skin rash on the head and becomes itchy fever and runny nose .
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Has an incubation period of 10 to 21 days . The most late complicated of chicken pox is shingles , caused by reactivation of VRV decades after the initial episode of chicken pox .
It has been observed in chimpanzees and gorillas .
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