Research Paper On Varicella

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Varicella, otherwise known for it’s very popular name “chicken pox”, is a very highly contagious disease that is serious in most cases. The chicken pox vaccine was licensed to be used in the United States in the year 1995 in which it has been widely used since then. “Chickenpox is caused by the varicella zoster virus in which some of the symptoms include rashes (that later become itchy), fluid filled blisters that spreads all over the body. “ (Vaccines.gov, 2015) Chickenpox is very contagious and spreads easily spreading to people, having being able to spread through coughing or sneezing. This virus is usually mild if treated but if it isn’t it could lead to severe skin infections, bone and joint infections, dehydration, pneumonia, brain damage,

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