When is a child with chickenpox considered to be no longer contagious?
A) When fever is absent
B) When lesions are crusted
C) 24 hours after lesions erupt
D) 8 days after onset of illness

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When the lesions are crusted,the chickenpox is no longer contagious.This may be a week after onset of disease.The child is still contagious once the fever has subsided and after the lesions erupt,and may or may not be contagious any time after 6 days as long as all lesions are crusted over.

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