Volume 24, Number 2—February 2018
Dispatch
Epidemic Varicella Zoster Virus among University Students, India
Josh Meyers
, Muthunarayanan Logaraj, Balaji Ramraj, Padmanesan Narasimhan, and C. Raina MacIntyre
, Muthunarayanan Logaraj, Balaji Ramraj, Padmanesan Narasimhan, and C. Raina MacIntyre
Table 2
Characteristics of 77 patients with varicella in study of varicella outbreak at a private university in Chennai, India, February 2016–January 2017
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Symptoms, no. (%) patients | |
| Fever | 59 (76.6) |
| Rash | 77 (100.0) |
| Cough | 24 (31.2) |
| Malaise |
34 (44.2) |
| Illness duration, no. (%) patients | |
| <1 week | 11 (14.3) |
| 1–2 weeks | 54 (70.1) |
| >2 weeks |
12 (15.6) |
| No. days off work or study | |
| Median | 7 |
| Range |
0–18 |
| Attend class while ill, no. (%) patients | |
| Yes | 25 (32.5) |
| No |
52 (67.5) |
| Kept in isolation, no. (%) patients* | |
| Yes | 67 (87.0) |
| No |
10 (13.0) |
| No. days from onset of symptoms to hospital admission† | |
| Median | 2 |
| Range | 0–11 |
| No. case-patients who responded “not sure” | 27 |
*Isolation indicates a patient spent time in an isolation room in the hospital or was in isolation at home at any point during the illness.
†Those who responded “not sure” were excluded from calculation.
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