[Varicella (chickenpox) morbidity and mortality in hospital: about 19 cases collected at the Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital, Burkina Faso].

Varicella is a viral disease whose cause is poorly known in Burkina Faso. The aim of this study is to describe varicella features in the department of infectious diseases at the Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital. We here report a series of 19 cases of patients hospitalized between the 1January 2005 and 31 December 2014.