Table 1.

Demography and complications of 12 fatal varicella cases

Year	Age	Sex	Underlying disease	Complications
2000	1	F	Nil	Encephalitis, septic shock
2000	1	M	Unspecified Enzymopathy	Pseudomonas septicemia
2000	4	F	Acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Septicemia
2001	5	F	Nil	Encephalitis, septicemia
2001	6	F	Nil	Sudden death
2002	3	F	Nil	Respiratory failure
2002	3	M	Acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Not mentioned
2003	2	F	Nil	Skin/soft tissue infections, streptococcal septicemia
2004	16	M	Nil	Skin/soft tissue infections, pneumonia, septicemia
2005	1	F	Nil	Reye's syndrome
2006	1	M	Severe combined immunodeficiency	Acute and subacute hepatic necrosis, gastrointestinal hemorrhage
2007	0	M	Pulmonary vascular anomaly	Hemoptysis, acute respiratory failure