title: Chickenpox in the elderly.
abstract: Chickenpox (varicella) is primarily a childhood disease. Few escape infection until adulthood. We report three cases of chickenpox infection in elderly patients. They all developed the illness in December 1985.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demissie
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Ayres
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000276:immunology*; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence