Chickenpox

Chickenpox is a common, highly contagious disease. A virus called the varicella zoster virus causes chickenpox. The virus is transmitted through an infected person’s cough, sneeze, or through touching an infected person’s blisters/rash. Chickenpox is contagious for two days before the blisters/rash appears until the blisters dry up. It usually takes five to ten days for the blisters to dry up. A person typically carries the virus for two to three weeks before they break out in chickenpox and are contagious.

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