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When people speak of a "carrier" of an infectious disease, they normally are referring to someone who is carrying the germ, can infect others, but has no symptoms. The period between getting the virus and getting symptoms is called the "incubation period" of an infection. The incubation period of chickenpox is 10-21 days, but is typically about two weeks.
However, chickenpox is a virus in the herpes family that goes into remission after the patient recovers from chickenpox. The virus stays in your body. It is the same virus that causes shingles in some in later years. However, in this period of remission, the patient is not contagious and isn't, technically, a "carrier."
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoA chickenpox "carrier" is someone who is infected with chickenpox but does not have symptoms. Anyone susceptible to chickenpox can be a chickenpox carrier. Symptoms show up 10-21 days (usually 12 to 14) after exposure to chickenpox.
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∙ 10y agoA carrier of an infectious disease is someone who is infected but has no symptoms. You have to have chickenpox in order to be a carrier.
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What is a chickenpox carrier?
A carrier of chickenpox, like a carrier of any infectious disease, is someone who is infected and can transmit the germ but does not yet have symptoms. A chickenpox carrier is someone who's spreading the virus but does not yet have symptoms.
Can you get chickenpox as an adult If you were a carrier as a child?
A carrier of chickenpox is someone who is infected but doesn't have symptoms. Most people who get chickenpox do not get infected twice. You are not likely to get chickenpox as an adult if you had them as a child.
Can you be a chickenpox carrier?
The answer is no: if you have had chickenpox yourself when young, you will have been carrying the varicella-zoster virus responsible for it ever since. This remains dormant, usually forever – unless you come into contact with someone with shingles, which can then re-activate the virus.
Is there a carrier for chickenpox?
Only humans and a few other primates can get or carry chickenpox.
Can you carry chickenpox if you ve had it in the past?
A chickenpox "carrier" is someone who is infected with chickenpox but does not have symptoms. Anyone susceptible to chickenpox can be a chickenpox carrier. Someone who had the vaccine is unlikely to be infected with and carry chickenpox.
Is there a such thing as being a doner for chickenpox?
The word "donor" is not typically used for chickenpox. The word "carrier" is used to indicate someone who is contagious for chickenpox but doesn't yet have symptoms.
Can you get chickenpox if you visit a chickenpox carrier?
Absolutely. Chicken-pox is very contagious, especially during the first 2 to 5 days.
Can you test positive if you had chickenpox vaccine but never had chickenpox?
A person with a history of chickenpox or history of chickenpox vaccine will typically have a positive antibody test for chickenpox.
Can you spread chickenpox if you don't have it?
A chickenpox "carrier" is someone who is infected with chickenpox but does not have symptoms. Anyone susceptible to chickenpox can be a chickenpox carrier. If you are a carrier, typically you will develop blisters as the illness progresses.
Can a woman be sterile if she never has chickenpox?
Chickenpox does not affect fertility. Any woman can be infertile, but it has nothing to do with her chickenpox history.
Can you transmit chickenpox if you've never had it before?
You can only transmit chickenpox if you are infected with the virus yourself.
Why have you never had chickenpox?
because you can only have chicken pox once
