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ID#:

3177

Caption:

This photograph depicts a close anterior view of a young girl’s right cheek, revealing the presence of a pustular lesion, which had manifested due to a case of chickenpox, an infectious disease caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), also known as Human herpesvirus 3 (HHV-3). This was actually a secondarily infected lesion, which had become infected, probably after the child had scratched at the primary malar pustule. The girl had presented to New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ Heinz F. Eichenwald, MD

Creation Date:

1958

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