An Outbreak of Cadaver‐Acquired Chickenpox in a Health Care Setting
Open Access
- 1 September 2006
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 43 (5) , 599-601
- https://doi.org/10.1086/506569
Abstract
The varicella-zoster virus (the chickenpox virus) is highly infectious and may affect nonimmune health care professionals. We report an outbreak of cKeywords
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