Chicken Pox Transmission

Chicken pox (varicella) is a common and contagious viral infection, usually common in children. The symptoms of chicken pox disease are blisters caused due to rash and itching, fatigue, and fever.

Chicken pox (varicella) is a common and contagious viral infection, usually common in children. The symptoms of chicken pox disease are blisters caused due to rash and itching, fatigue, and fever.

Quoted from Metro.co.uk about 90 percent of the population in the UK have chicken pox at age 15 but usually people will be immune to this disease after the disease.

However, the remaining viruses will remain in the nerve cells and after years the virus can be active and will cause herpes zoster.

Chicken pox is highly contagious and easily moves from person to person through direct contact (eg saliva and kiss) and indirect contacts from wound fluid attached to objects.

Chickenpox can also be transmitted through contaminated fluids that are produced when coughing and sneezing. In addition, a person can also get chickenpox by direct contact from abrasions or a rash of someone suffering from chickenpox or herpes zoster.

WebMD says the risk of getting the virus increases if you are in the same room as a person with chicken pox for 15 minutes or you are in close contact with the person infected with chickenpox. According to Time, it takes between 10-21 days after someone has made contact with an infected person.

Chicken pox (varicella) is a common and contagious viral infection, usually common in children. The symptoms of chicken pox disease are blisters caused due to rash and itching, fatigue, and fever.

People suffering from chicken pox will be vulnerable to transmit the virus since a few days before the rash on their skin appears and will remain vulnerable to transmit the virus until their wounds dry up. In normal people who do not have a problem with the immune system, chickenpox usually lasts about five to 10 days before symptoms disappear.