SIMILARITIES AND DIFFRENCES OF VARICELLA AND ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM
VARICELLA ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM
TYPE OF DISEASE: Self-limiting disease of childhood
CONTAGIOUSNESS Contagious
CAUSATIVE AGENT: Varicella-zoster virus
INCUBATION PERIOD: usually 14-16 days but ranges from
10 to 21 days.
RESERVOIR: human
PERIOD OF COMMUNICABILITY: 1 day before the rash to 5 to 6 days
after its appearance, when all the
vesicles have crusted
MODE OF TRANSMISSION: Mode of transmission: Highly
contagious; spread by direct or
indirect contact of saliva or vesicles
EPIDEMIOLOGY (AGE): Most common on adult
SEASON Later winter and early spring
RASHES present
MORPHOLOGY Vesicles on an erythematous
base,crust “pearl on a rose petal”.
DISTRIBUTION Begins on the face and trunk and
spreads centripetally.
FEVER Low-grade fever
ASSOCIATED FINDINGS Pruritus, Varicella Zoster
VACCINES MMR, Chickenpox or Varicella
Vaccine
TREATMENT No specific treatment, Intervention
depends on symptoms
ISOLATION Patients with a possible/confirmed
diagnosis of chickenpox should be
placed in a single room or
segregated from other non-
immune clients until all vesicles are
dry and have crusted over.
Self-limiting disease of childhood
Contagious
Parvovirus B19
4-28 days average: (16-17 days)
human
Contagious during the week prior to the
appearance of the rash. By the time the rash is
evident, the person is probably beyond the
contagious period.
Vertical transmission from mother to fetus, by
respiratory tract secretions or Droplets, and
percutaneous exposure to blood to blood
products.
School age between 5-15 years old
Later winter and early spring
present
“Slapped cheek” appearance, lacy reticular
rash.
Erythematous cheeks, Reticular extremities
Low grade fever
Rash waxes and wanes over weeks,Athritis,
Aplastic crisis
NONE
No specific treatment, Intervention depends
on symptoms
Doesn’t need isolation like other
disease,unlikely to be contagious after the
rash appears and a diagnosis has been /made.