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(9) 39. Picture of Varicella (Chickenpox) Virus Varicella
(chickenpox): A highly infectious viral disease, known
familiarly as chickenpox. (In many countries, this disease is
always called "varicella.") Chickenpox has nothing at all to do
with chicken. The name was meant to distinguish this "weak" form
of the pox from smallpox. "Chicken" is used here, as in
"chickenhearted," to mean weak or timid. The "pox" of chickenpox
is no major matter unless it becomes infected (through
scratching) or occurs in an immunodeficient person. However,
there can be very major problems from chicken