FactSheet: Chickenpox
New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
11(3) 40 - 40
Published: 2000
Abstract
Chickenpox is a viral illness caused by the herpes zoster virus (also known as the Varicella-Zoster virus). It is very contagious. It commonly occurs in children. Over 90 per cent of the population have had chickenpox by the age of 15 years.https://doi.org/10.1071/NB00021
© NSW Department of Health 2000
