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A member asked:
When is chicken pox not contagious anymore?
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7 days: Chicken pox (varicella) is spread via two routes. Airborne spread through respiratory secretions and via contact with open lesions. Patients are typically contagious a couple of days before the rash appears. This period continues for about 5 days after the rash or until the lesions are no longer oozing.
Answered 7/17/2016
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Chicken Pox: When all the sores have crusted over, chicken pox is no longer contagious.
Answered 12/19/2016
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