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Chicken Pox Definition
Common names:
  • Chicken Pox
  • Chickenpox
  • Herpes Varicella
  • Varicella
A person with chicken pox has a viral infection that causes a red rash and blisters. Images

Chicken pox is caused by the Herpes varicella-zoster virus. Images

Chicken pox has become less common in the US, due to routine vaccination against the illness.

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Last Updated: Dec 26, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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