A 6-year-old boy with Varicella-zoster (chickenpox) and a visible rash is being admitted to the hospital for treatment of dehydration. Which of the following isolation precautions needs to be taken?
1. Contact
2. Airborne
3. Contact and droplet
4. Contact and airborne
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1. Transmission of the Varicella-zoster virus is from contact with fluid from vesicles of an infected person, secretions from the nose, mouth and eyes, and airborne from coughing and sneezing.
2. Transmission of the Varicella-zoster virus is from contact with fluid from vesicles of an infected person, secretions from the nose, mouth and eyes, and airborne from coughing and sneezing.
3. The transmission does not occur with droplets.
4. Transmission of the Varicella-zoster virus is from contact with fluid from vesicles of an infected person, secretions from the nose, mouth and eyes, and airborne from coughing and sneezing.
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