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Vaccines: Chickenpox Or Varicella

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Chickenpox
Chickenpox or Varicella is more common among kids under 18. Today most people give their kids the Varicella vaccine between 12 and 15 months old and another shot at 4 to 6 years old. The disease is less likely to get if vaccinated. Chickenpox is contagious if contracted. If a person does get the disease then they should stay at home and rest until the rash is gone. Chickenpox has always been spread by saliva, mucus, touching blisters, coughing or sneezing. One book says Giovanni Filippo gave the first description of the virus. In the 1600’s a physician named Richard Morton described something he thought was chickenpox but was actually smallpox. In 1767 a physician named William Heberden from England showed that chickenpox is different

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