Post Views: 1,305 As heat strikes the city, eruptive fevers among children are on a rise. The most common and the most contagious among these is the Chicken pox. Chicken pox usually occurs in the summer months between February to April. The disease is named so because the eruptions resemble the peck marks of that of a chicken. It is one of the most contagious disease and is caused by the Varicella zoster virus. Each child is affected by it by the age of 15 years, but it peaks at 5-9 years of age. Nonetheless, it can affect at any age including new born. Once affected by chicken pox, it…