Child (girl) is suffering from varicella (fever rash). And child’s aunt is pregnant. When is it earliest that the child can meet her aunt –
Correct Answer: When the lesions have crusted
Description: Varicella Zoster (chicken pox) is a highly contagious disease, a centripetal, pleomorphic rash appearing on the first day of the illness and a relatively short course of illness.
The crusts from chicken pox lesions don’t contain viable virus and are therefore not infective. Period of infectivity range from a day prior to the illness and up to 5 days after the onset. Children with chickenpox are removed from school or daycare centres for 6 days after the appearance of the rash.
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