chicken pox
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Children who have had chicken pox are immune to future infection by the virus that causes it.
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It is triggered by the same virus that leads to chicken pox -- varicella-zoster.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2025
HHS is now expanding the net to include a form of the chicken pox vaccine and even a version of the hepatitis B vaccine.
From Salon • Sep. 29, 2025
Nor was it ever used in vaccines against chicken pox, polio or pneumonia.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025
It is caused by a reactivation of the Herpes zoster virus - the virus that causes chicken pox.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2024
“None of them know about the list. They’ve survived things like broken arms and chicken pox and minor car accidents and . . .” Chip gave Jonah a sidelong look, “. . . being adopted.”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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