| ICD9 = | DiseasesDB = 29118 | ICDO = | OMIM = | MedlinePlus = 001592 | eMedicineSubj = ped | eMedicineTopic = 2385 | eMedicine_mult = , | MeshName = Chickenpox | MeshNumber = C02.256.466.175 | }}Chickenpox is the common name for Varicella zoster. Historically one of the childhood infectious diseases caught by and survived by almost every child, a non-permanent varicella vaccine has been available and used since 1995 to inoculate against the disease. Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), also known as human herpes virus 3 (HHV-3), one of the eight herpes viruses known to affect humans. It starts with conjunctival and catarrhal symptoms and then characteristic spots appearing in two or three waves, mainly on the body and head rather than the hands and becoming itchy raw pox (pocks), small open sores which heal mostly without scarring. Chickenpox has a 1

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