How To Catch Chicken Pox. You can catch chicken pox in many ways. You can get chickenpox if you touch a blister or the liquid from a blister.
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The virus will not last forever explains Dr Cotter adding that the virus can remain alive and contagious on a surface for example in a crèche.
You can even get it from airborne droplets released when someone coughs or sneezes. Chickenpox varicella is a viral illness caused by the herpes zoster virus also known as the Varicella-Zoster virus. The chickenpox can be more serious when it occurs in the genital area. Chickenpox spreads from person to person by direct contact or through the air by coughing or sneezing.