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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Risk factors which increase the likelihood of contracting chickenpox are | Risk factors which increase the likelihood of contracting [[chickenpox]] are: People without a history of [[chickenpox]] in the past, individuals who are not [[Immunization|immunized]] against [[chickenpox]], [[newborns]], especially those born [[Premature birth|prematurely]], less than 1 month or born to mothers who never contracted [[chickenpox]] prior to [[pregnancy]], [[immunocompromised]] individuals, [[cancer]] patients and the use of [[immunosuppressant]] drugs.<ref name="pmid10673675">{{cite journal |vauthors=Leung TF, Chik KW, Li CK, Lai H, Shing MM, Chan PK, Lee V, Yuen PM |title=Incidence, risk factors and outcome of varicella-zoster virus infection in children after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation |journal=Bone Marrow Transplant. |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=167–72 |year=2000 |pmid=10673675 |doi=10.1038/sj.bmt.1702119 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid17391119">{{cite journal |vauthors=Miller GG, Dummer JS |title=Herpes simplex and varicella zoster viruses: forgotten but not gone |journal=Am. J. Transplant. |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=741–7 |year=2007 |pmid=17391119 |doi=10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01718.x |url=}}</ref> | ||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
Risk factors which increase the likelihood of contracting chickenpox are as follows: | Risk factors which increase the likelihood of contracting [[chickenpox]] are as follows: | ||
*No history of [[chickenpox]] | |||
*Not [[Immunization|immunized]] for [[Chickenpox|varicella]] | |||
*[[Newborns]], [[Preterm birth|preterms]] and [[Infant|infants]] born to unsensitized mothers | |||
*[[Pregnancy]] | |||
*[[Premature infants|Infants born at less than 28 weeks gestation]] or who weigh less than or equal to 1000 grams regardless of maternal immune status. | |||
*[[Immunodeficiency:|Immunodeficiency]] | |||
**[[Cancer]] patients | |||
**Use of [[immunosuppressant]] drugs | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} |
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Overview
Risk factors which increase the likelihood of contracting chickenpox are: People without a history of chickenpox in the past, individuals who are not immunized against chickenpox, newborns, especially those born prematurely, less than 1 month or born to mothers who never contracted chickenpox prior to pregnancy, immunocompromised individuals, cancer patients and the use of immunosuppressant drugs.[1][2]
Risk Factors
Risk factors which increase the likelihood of contracting chickenpox are as follows:
- No history of chickenpox
- Not immunized for varicella
- Newborns, preterms and infants born to unsensitized mothers
- Pregnancy
- Infants born at less than 28 weeks gestation or who weigh less than or equal to 1000 grams regardless of maternal immune status.
- Immunodeficiency
- Cancer patients
- Use of immunosuppressant drugs
References
- ↑ Leung TF, Chik KW, Li CK, Lai H, Shing MM, Chan PK, Lee V, Yuen PM (2000). "Incidence, risk factors and outcome of varicella-zoster virus infection in children after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation". Bone Marrow Transplant. 25 (2): 167–72. doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1702119. PMID 10673675.
- ↑ Miller GG, Dummer JS (2007). "Herpes simplex and varicella zoster viruses: forgotten but not gone". Am. J. Transplant. 7 (4): 741–7. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01718.x. PMID 17391119.