Varicella

Varicella vaccination: See Chickenpox immunization.
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Chicken Pox - or varicella infectious disease usually occurring in childhood. It is believed to be caused by the same herpesvirus that produces shingles. Chicken pox is highly communicable and is characteriz...
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Varicella (Chickenpox). When patients with chickenpox cough or sneeze, they expel tiny droplets that carry the virus, which in this early form is referred to as varicella virus.
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Chickenpox is a disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). It is characterized by a blistery rash.
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VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUS (VZV): A virus in the herpes family that causes chicken pox during childhood and may reactivate later in life to cause herpes zoster (shingles) in immunosuppressed adults. Also called herpes zoster.
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Varicella - to protect against chickenpox
Immunization Schedule
See the 2006 U.S. Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunication Schedule from the Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (pdf).
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Varicella (chickenpox). One dose.
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The varicella virus vaccine (Varivax) — approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1995 — has become a routine childhood immunization, given between ages 12 months and 18 months.
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CHICKENPOX (Varicella Zoster, Pox)
SYMPTOMS"Small, round pimples on the face and body, filled with fluid and appearing like water blisters. As the fluid leaks, it forms a crust.
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Finally, the varicella vaccine for chickenpox should be given if you daughter has not had chickenpox. Adults do get chickenpox, and it can be a serious illness in an adult.
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Also known as varicella, chicken pox is a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever (usually mild) and a rash (sometimes severe) consisting of tiny blisters or vesicles.
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CHICKEN POX VACCINE - A newly approved by the FDA a live-varicella virus vaccine. Limited clinical trials suggest the immunity lasts for at least six years.
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Shingles (herpes zoster) is a viral infection caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the same virus that causes chickenpox.
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Doctors aren't sure how or why the varicella-zoster virus reactivates, but they believe your immune system's response to the virus weakens over the years after childhood chickenpox.
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Chickenpox, also known as varicella, is a highly contagious infection that affects children. Most infections occur between the ages of 5-10 years and usually strike in late winter or spring.
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Related Encyclopedia Topics: Anthrax, Chickenpox (Varicella), Fever, Age 3 and Younger, Fever, Age 4 and Older, Health and Safety, Ages 2 to 5 Years, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Influenza, Measles (Rubeola), Meningitis, Mumps, Pneumonia, ...
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The chickenpox vaccine (varicella) is a recommended childhood vaccine. The vaccine may be recommended for teenagers or adults who have never had chickenpox or the vaccine.
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Chickenpox is a viral infection caused by the varicella zoster virus.
It's spread in droplets inhaled into the respiratory tract. Complications are rare but serious and can occur in previously healthy children.
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Chickenpox is a very contagious disease caused by the varicella virus. Chickenpox is also called varicella.
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A viral disease that usually begins with fever and cough, followed by a rash that progresses from red bumps to blisters to scabs. A vaccine is available to prevent this disease. Also called varicella or varicella zoster.
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Es una afeccin que implica un daño cerebral (encefalopata) y daño heptico de causa desconocida y est asociado con el uso de aspirina en niños para tratar la varicella o la influenza.
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to treat an autoimmune disease or to prevent rejection of a transplanted kidney, however, should not receive vaccines containing live viruses, that is, the oral polio vaccine, the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, or the varicella (chicken ...
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AIDS patients are highly vulnerable to cytomegalovirus (CMV), herpes simplex virus (HSV), varicella zoster virus (VZV), and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections.
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