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An outbreak of cadaver-acquired chickenpox in a health care setting.

Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Sep 1;43(5):599-601. Epub 2006 Jul 27.
An outbreak of cadaver-acquired chickenpox in a health care setting.
‘Paul N, Jacob ME.
Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. navinpaul@yahoo.com’

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.

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