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The commonest and the most infectious childhood exanthemata is

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Polio
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Variola
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Chicken pox
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Leprosy
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The correct option is C Chicken pox
Exanthemata means a widespread skin rash accompanying a disease or fever. There are various viral infectious childhood exanthems, that are common as: Rubela or measles, erythema, roseola, chickenpox, mumps etc. Chickenpox (Varicella) is highly contagious acute exanthematous disease, i.e., most common in childhood. It is characterized by successive crops of lesions that progress rapidly.

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