An outbreak of cadaver-acquired chickenpox in a health care setting.
The varicella-zoster virus (the chickenpox virus) is highly infectious and may affect nonimmune health care professionals. We report an outbreak of chickenpox in our hospital in which the source of infection was a cadaver. The spread of infection occurred in the course of an autopsy.
Paul
Navin
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Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. navinpaul@yahoo.com
Jacob
Mini E
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D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D002102:Cadaver; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000635:transmission*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D008297:Male