NALT

Preferred term

chickenpox

Topic

A highly contagious infectious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (Herpesvirus 3, human). It usually affects children, is spread by direct contact or respiratory route via droplet nuclei, and is characterized by the appearance on the skin and mucous membranes of successive crops of typical pruritic vesicular lesions that are easily broken and become scabbed. Chickenpox is relatively benign in children, but may be complicated by pneumonia and encephalitis in adults.

Varicella zoster virus infections

Human alphaherpesvirus 3

chicken pox
varicella

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

96028

Spanish

varicela

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/343564

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Created 9/25/20, last modified 10/29/20