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Outcome without antiviral therapy after maternal or neonatal varicella according to the timing of infection around birth (adapted from Sauerbrei A and Wutzler P. J Perinatol 2001;21:545 6)
| Day of rash onset | Cases (N=136) | |
| Survival | Death | |
| Mother | ||
| ≥5 days before delivery (n=57) | 57 (100%) | 0 |
| ≤4 days before to 2 days after delivery (n=79) | 65 (82%) | 14 (18%) |
| Newborn | ||
| 0–4 days of life (n=35) | 34 (97%) | 1 (3%) |
| 5–10 days of life (n=47) | 36 (77%) | 11 (23%) |
