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  2. Chickenpox - Wikipedia

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    Chickenpox is an airborne disease which easily spreads via human-to-human transmission, typically through the coughs and sneezes of an infected person. [5] The incubation period is 10–21 days, after which the characteristic rash appears. [2] It may be spread from one to two days before the rash appears until all lesions have crusted over. [5]

  3. Chickenpox is 'incredibly contagious' and not 'trivial,' say ...

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    Chicken pox is an illness caused by the varicella zoster virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It causes a distinct itchy, blister-like rash that usually shows up on ...

  4. Airborne transmission - Wikipedia

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    Airborne diseases can be transmitted from one individual to another through the air. The pathogens transmitted may be any kind of microbe , and they may be spread in aerosols, dust or droplets. The aerosols might be generated from sources of infection such as the bodily secretions of an infected individual, or biological wastes.

  5. Human-to-human transmission - Wikipedia

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    The microbes may also be transmitted by poor use of cutlery or improper sanitation of dishes or bedlinen. Particularly problematic are toilet practices, which lead to the fecal–oral route. STDs are by definition spread through this vector. [citation needed]

  6. Zoonosis - Wikipedia

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    A zoonosis (/ z oʊ ˈ ɒ n ə s ɪ s, ˌ z oʊ ə ˈ n oʊ s ɪ s / ⓘ; [1] plural zoonoses) or zoonotic disease is an infectious disease of humans caused by a pathogen (an infectious agent, such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion) that can jump from a non-human vertebrate to a human.

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    These particles can spread through the air and can infect people who enter a room after the infected person has exited. Monkeypox can be found in respiratory droplets like saliva that drop out of ...

  8. I’ve been exposed to the measles. What should I do? - AOL

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    Varicella is the chickenpox vaccine. “MMR & MMRV vaccines usually protect people for life against measles and rubella; but immunity against mumps may decrease over time,” according to the CDC ...

  9. Varicella zoster virus - Wikipedia

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    Chickenpox-like rashes were recognized and described by ancient civilizations; the relationship between zoster and chickenpox was not realized until 1888. [29] In 1943, the similarity between virus particles isolated from the lesions of zoster and those from chickenpox was noted. [30] In 1974 the first chickenpox vaccine was introduced. [31]