Multiple choice

Which disease has a long incubation period of 14 to 21 days?

  1. Small pox

  2. Chicken pox

  3. Measles

  4. Leprosy

  5. Whooping cough
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Chicken pox is a highly contagious disease caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV). It usually starts with vesicular skin rash mainly on the body and head rather than at the periphery, and becomes itchy, raw pockmark which mostly heal without scarring.

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