Investigating the pregnant woman exposed to a child with a rash.

The article focuses on actions made after the exposure of a 21-year-old pregnant woman to her child with a rash. It says that information gathered when the incident occurred includes the susceptibility of the pregnant women, putative index case of the rash, and exposure's duration, timing, and nature. It states that the woman was given varicella zoster immune globulin (VZIG) and was treated with valaciclovir due to chickenpox lesions three days after her delivery of a healthy baby boy. It adds that the neonatal varicella of the infant was prevented by VZIG. INSET: Box 2 | Reducing risk of infection in future pregnancy.