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Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, a member of
the herpesvirus family. The same virus also causes herpes zoster,
shingles, in adults. Chickenpox is extremely contagious, and can be
spread by direct contact, droplet transmission, and airborne
transmission. Symptoms range from fever, headache, stomach ache, or
loss of appetite before breaking out in the classic pox rash. The
rash can consist of several hundred small, itchy, fluid-filled
blisters over red spots on the skin. The blisters often appear
first on the face, trunk, or scalp and then spread to other parts
of the body.
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Review Date: 6/19/2008
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine,
Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of
Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD,
MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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