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An illness with acute onset of diffuse (generalized) papulovesicular rash without other apparent cause
Probable: a case that meets the clinical case definition, is not laboratory confirmed, and is not epidemiologically linked to another probable or confirmed case
Confirmed: a case that is laboratory confirmed or that meets the clinical case definition and is epidemiologically linked to a confirmed or probable case
Two probable cases that are epidemiologically linked would be considered confirmed, even in the absence of laboratory confirmation.
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