Varicella: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

varicella, chickenpox, chicken pox, waterpox, water pox, varicellovirus, varicella-zoster virus, varicella pneumonia, varicella encephalitis, group A streptococcal disease, Reye syndrome, congenital varicella syndrome, growth retardation, microcephaly, cortical atrophy, limb hypoplasia, microphthalmia, cataracts, chorioretinitis, infantile zoster, neonatal varicella, maternal varicella, diagnosis, treatment 

Contributor Information and Disclosures

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Parang N Mehta, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Pediatrics, Mehta Hospital, Surat, India
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Archana Chatterjee, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Pharmacy, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Chief of Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Creighton University School of Medicine; Hospital Epidemiologist and Medical Director of Infection Control, Children's Hospital
Archana Chatterjee, MD, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Society for Microbiology, International Society for Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and Society for Pediatric Research
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Leonard R Krilov, MD, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics, Winthrop University Hospital
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Leslie L Barton, MD, Professor, Program Director, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona School of Medicine
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Robert W Tolan Jr, MD, Chief, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine
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Russell W Steele, MD, Head, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ochsner Children's Health Center; Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine
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