Chickenpox Treatment and Symptoms resources Chicken Pox; Varicella-Zoster Virus
For the episode of South Park, see Chickenpox (South Park episode). Chickenpox, also spelled chicken pox, is the common name for Varicella simplex, classically one of the childhood infectious diseases caught and survived by most children. Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), also known as human herpes virus 3 (HHV-3), one of the eight herpes viruses known to affect humans. It starts with conjunctival and catarrhal symptoms, moderate fever and then characteristic spots ...
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- A controlled trial of acyclovir for chickenpox in normal children (Google Health)
- Aromatherapy and Children (HealthWorld)
- Chicken Pox (Nemours Foundation)
- Chicken Pox (HealthWorld)
- Chicken Pox (HealthWorld)
- Chicken Pox (Varicella) (HealthWorld)
- Chickenpox (MayoClinic)
- Chickenpox (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Chickenpox (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Chickenpox (Medline Plus)
- Chickenpox (Cleveland Clinic)
- Chickenpox (Cleveland Clinic)
- Chickenpox (National Institutes of Health)
- Chickenpox (HealthWorld)
- Chickenpox (HealthWorld)
- Chickenpox (Google Health)
- Chickenpox (Varicella) Photos (Immunization Action Coalition)
- Chickenpox and Corticosteroids: Is My Child at Risk? (American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology)
- Chickenpox in Pregnancy: Cause for Concern? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Chickenpox Vaccination: Always Effective? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Chickenpox Vaccine (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Chickenpox: Is a Booster Needed? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- ChickenpoxVaccine - What You Need to Know (National Immunization Program Resource Center, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Childhood Illnesses in Pregnancy: Chickenpox and Fifth Disease (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Congenital malformations following chickenpox, measles, mumps, and hepatitis (Google Health)
- Effectiveness of Chickenpox Vaccine Decreases after One Year (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Facts About Chickenpox (Office of Communication, OD,CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Herpes Zoster (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Infectiousness of communicable diseases in the household (measles, chickenpox, and mumps). (Google Health)
- JAMA Patient Page: Chickenpox (American Medical Association)
- Microbes in Sickness and in Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Vaccine Program Office
- Postherpetic Neuralgia (MayoClinic)
- Pregnancy Complications: Chickenpox (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Reye's Syndrome (Nemours Foundation)
- Shingles (National Library of Medicine)
- Shots for Safety (National Institute on Aging)
- Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases (National Immunization Program, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Varicella (Chicken Pox) (Nemours Foundation)
- Varicella (Chickenpox): Health Information for International Travel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Varicella Disease (Chickenpox) (National Center for Infectious Diseases, National Immunization Program)
- Varicella Prevention Mandates (Immunization Action Coalition)
- Varicella Treatment (National Immunization Program)
- Varicella Vaccine (Chickenpox) (National Immunization Program)
- What Makes Chickenpox Itch? (Nemours Foundation)
- Yellow Book: Health Information for International Travel, 2003-2004, The (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))