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 -: (A) When the lesions have crusted, (B) Immediately, (C) Anytime as the child is aunt's ourite, (D) After the delivery of the baby
Answer is A. Ans. is 'a' i.e., When the lesions have crusted o Varicella Zoster (chicken pox) is a highly contagious disease, a centripetal, pleomorphic rash appearing on the first day of the illness and a relatively sho course of illness. o The crusts from chicken pox lesions donot contain ble 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 chicken pox are removed from school or day care centres for 6 days after appearance of the rash.