Common Presentation

Public Health Matrix

Window (Peak)
Incubation Period 10-21 days prior to onset of symptoms
Communicable (Infectious) Period 1-2 days pre-eruption to ~5 days post-eruption

Chicken Pox

Reactivation (Shingles)

Treatment

Varicella (chicken pox)

Measure Best within Effective within
Treatment 48 hr for complicated cases
PEP VZIG () 96h 1 week
PEP 72h 5 dys