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Chickenpox is very contagious, so that 90% of household contacts get the infection. As a result, in unimmunized populations, most adults are immune to chickenpox.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoChickenpox is considered a communicable disease because it can be transmitted from one person to another. It's caused by a very contagious virus.
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Is chickenpox autoimmune?
Chickenpox is not an autoimmune disease. Chickenpox is a viral communicable disease.
Is meningitis communicable or noncommunicable?
Chickenpox is communicable. Chickenpox is mostly acquired from airborne respiratory droplets of infected people. The droplet contains VZV(Varicella Zoster Virus), a virus in the herpes virus family, and it's highly contagious. It spreads from person to person by direct contact or through the air from an infected person's coughing or sneezing.
How do you use communicable in a sentence?
Chickenpox is one of many communicable diseases.
Can pizza cause chickenpox?
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communicable disease
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Can chickenpox cause the immune system to progressively fail?
No, progressive failure of the immune system is not an effect of chickenpox. HIV infection is one communicable disease that causes progressive failure of the immune system.
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No it is a communicable disease.
Is tb communicable or non communicable disease?
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Is mump s a communicable disease?
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Is chickenpox genetic?
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