CHICKENPOX VACCINE - CHICKENPOX VACCINATION - VARICELLA VACCINE - VARICELLA VACCINATION - ADULT IMMUNIZATION - ADULT VACCINE

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Chickenpox (varicella)
Why vaccinate adults against chickenpox?
  • The risk of hospitalization and death from chickenpox is increased in adults.

  • Chickenpox may cause complications such as pneumonia or, rarely, an inflammation of the brain (encephalitis), both of which can be very serious.

  • About 90 percent of unvaccinated household contacts of an infected person will catch chickenpox.

View CDC immunization recommendations
 
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Click the link below for more information on chickenpox:
  Chickenpox Fact Sheet
 
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