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Chicken Pox Learning Center

Prevention could include:
Because chickenpox is airborne and very contagious before the rash even appears, it is difficult to avoid. It is possible to catch chickenpox from someone on a different aisle in the supermarket, who does not even know they have chickenpox!
Source:ADAM
Date:September 13, 2009
A substance known as varicella-zoster immune globulin (VZIG), which reduces the severity of chickenpox symptoms, is available to treat immunocompromised children and others at high risk of developing complications. It is administered by injection ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
A substance known as varicella-zoster immune globulin (VZIG), which reduces the severity of chickenpox symptoms, is as of 2004 available to treat immunocompromised children and others at high risk of developing complications. It is administered by...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
A substance known as varicella-zoster immune globulin (VZIG), which reduces the severity of chickenpox symptoms, is available to treat persons at high risk of developing complications. It is administered by injection within 96 hours of known or su...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
This vaccine protects against chickenpox, a disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus.
Source:ADAM
Date:June 19, 2008
Chickenpox vaccine or varicella zoster vaccine (VZV) is an injection that protects children from contracting chickenpox (varicella), one of the most common childhood diseases.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
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