Varicella
					• Highly contagious virus. • Seen as chicken pox in children and as shingles in adults. • Prodromal phase of malaise and fever for 24 hours, followed by crops of pruritic vesicles. • 50% of children have oral lesions. • Tx - self limiting, resolves in 7-10 days, supportive and palliative.
			K. Kohli, DDS