can be serious ..
(chickenpox) is a common, highly infectious disease
virus can remain dormant and then in later life may reactivate producing
in children has an acute phase of 4-5 days with fever and a generalised
rash. Adults often have a more serious illness.
often be a serious disease & occasionally fatal: Between 1993 & 1998
in Australia, > 3000 hospitalisations of children under 4 yrs (>7500
of all ages), 8 deaths of children under 4 yrs, (36 deaths all ages,
vaccines are currently available
your GP for further information
DHAC Communicable Diseases Intelligence, Supplement June 2000: Vaccine
Preventable diseases & vaccination coverage in Aust. 1993-1998, Table 14, page
NHMRC Australian Immunisation Handbook, 7th Edition, March 2000, Section 3.28, pages