Hospitals, labs and research facilities buy the kits to test for conditions including streptococcus bacterial infections, mononucleosis, parasitic diseases, lyme disease, herpes, chicken pox and shingles, as well as E. coli, transplant infections and respiratory diseases such as pneumonia.

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It is so contagious, that very few unimmunized individuals escape this common disease when they are exposed to someone with active chicken pox.

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If you have HIV, are undergoing radiation or chemotherapy for cancer, or have a suppressed immune system from autoimmune disease, diabetes or chronic lung disease, you may be at risk for developing chicken pox.

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