Airborne isolation is required for a child who is hospitalized with:
a. mumps.
b. chickenpox.
c. exanthema subitum (roseola).
d. erythema infectiosum (fifth disease).
ANS: B
Chickenpox is communicable through direct contact, droplet spread, and contaminated objects. Mumps is transmitted from direct contact with saliva of infected person and is most communicable before onset of swelling. The transmission and source of the viral infection exanthema subitum (roseola) is unknown. Erythema infectiosum (fifth disease) is communicable before onset of symptoms.
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