Characteristics of chickenpox in children and adults at a tertiary health center in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Abstract

Introduction: Chickenpox is very contagious childhood disease, which occurs due to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) primary infection. Disease in healthy children resolves usually without complications, but risk of complication is much higher in adults and immunocompromised hosts. The goal of this study was to determine different clinical and epidemiological characteristics, laboratory features, clinical course, and outcome of chickenpox in children and adults.