Chicken Pox - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Chicken Pox;

NCIt synonyms : Chicken Pox Infection;

NCIt related terms : Chickenpox; Varicella;

NCIt definition : A contagious childhood disorder caused by the varicella zoster virus. It is transmitted via respiratory secretions and contact with chickenpox blister contents. It presents with a vesicular skin rash, usually associated with fever, headache, and myalgias. The pruritic fluid-filled vesicles occur 10-21 days after exposure and last for 3-4 days. An additional 3-4 days of malaise follows before the affected individual feels better. An individual is contagious 1-2 days prior to the appearance of the blisters until all blisters are crusted over. Generally, healthy individuals recover without complications.;

Alternative definition : NICHD: Varicella zoster virus that is transmitted via respiratory secretions and vesicular skin lesions; clinical manifestations are fever and pruritic, vesicular skin rash ten to twenty-one days after exposure. Clinical complications (e.g., lung, liver and CNS) can occur, especially in immunocompromised individuals.;

Details

Origin ID

C97132;

UMLS CUI

C0008049;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Chickenpox [MedDRA LLT]
- Chickenpox [ACR pathology]
- Chickenpox [ICD-9 code]
- Chickenpox [HPMULTI term]
- VARICELLA [WHO-ART Preferred Term]
- Varicella [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Varicella [PASCAL descriptor]
- Varicella [ICD-11 Category]
- Varicella (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Varicella [chickenpox] [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Varicella [chickenpox] [ICD-10 category]
- Varicella without complication [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- chickenpox [MeSH Descriptor]
- chickenpox [MeSH concept]
- chickenpox [ICPC-2 Rubric]
- chickenpox [MedlinePlus Topic]
- chickenpox [DO Concept]
- chickenpox infection [Disease (Nov.)]
- varicella, nos [SNOMED Notion]
DO Cross reference
- chickenpox [DO Concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Chickenpox [MedDRA LLT]
- Chickenpox [ICD-9 code]
- Chickenpox [ACR pathology]
- VARICELLA [WHO-ART Preferred Term]
- Varicella [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Varicella [ICD-11 Category]
- Varicella [PASCAL descriptor]
- Varicella (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Varicella [chickenpox] [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Varicella [chickenpox] [ICD-10 category]
- chickenpox [MeSH Descriptor]
- chickenpox [ICPC-2 Rubric]
- chickenpox [MedlinePlus Topic]
- chickenpox [MeSH concept]
- chickenpox [DO Concept]
- chickenpox infection [Disease (Nov.)]
- varicella, nos [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- CPTAC Codelists Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Medical Conditions Codelist [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Immunization Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]

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