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Chicken
Pox
Description
A virus of the herpes family
Symptoms
A skin rash of blister-like lesions, usually on the face, scalp,
or trunk
Complications
Bacterial infection of the skin, swelling of the brain, and pneumonia
(usually more severe in children 13 or older and adults)
Transmission
Spread by coughing and sneezing (highly contagious)
Vaccine
Varicella vaccine can prevent this disease.
As an adult, do I need it?
You should get the varicella vaccine if you do not have a reliable
history of having had chickenpox, and if:
- You are a health care worker, teach young children, a day care
worker, a resident or staff member in an institutional setting,
a college student, an inmate or staff member of a correctional
institution, in the military, or if you travel internationally.
- You are a woman of childbearing age who is sure you are not
pregnant. (Pregnant women should not receive the varicella vaccine.)
* Information is courtesy of Department of Health
and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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