Perinatal Chicken Pox (Varicella Zoster Virus) Infection
Chickenpox is due to infection with the varicella zoster virus (VZV), a human alphaherpervirus found worldwide.Classically, the cinical disease is a febrile illness with a pruritic vesicular 8n joico lumishine rash.Maternal chickenpox between 5 days before delivery to 2 days after delivery (perinatal varicella) can cause severe and even fatal illne