Chickenpox: Common viral infection. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Chickenpox is available below.
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Prognosis for Chickenpox: While chickenpox is a mild disease for children, adults usually get much sicker. (Source: excerpt from Shots for Safety - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)
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The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
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Highly contagious infectious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (Herpesvirus 3); usually affects children, is spread by direct contact or respiratory route via droplet nuclei, and is characterized by the appearance on the skin and mucous membranes of successive crops of typical pruritic vesicular lesions that are easily broken and become scabbed; chickenpox is relatively benign in children, but may be complicated by pneumonia and encephalitis in adults. - (Source - Diseases Database)
An acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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