| 1. | Merck Frosst Canada - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases |
| | Chickenpox... If you never gave chickenpox a second thought... Think again.... Help protect your child against chickenpox.... Chickenpox Vaccination - Available through Publicly Funded Immunization Programs, * * Check with your child's doctor to confirm eligibility.... |
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| 2. | Merck Frosst Canada - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases |
| | Chickenpox... The risks of chickenpox - What every parent should know... Chickenpox (also known as varicella) is mainly a childhood disease.... Although it is generally mild, chickenpox may be associated with serious complications.... Most people believe that chickenpox is a harmless, even normal, part of growing up.... |
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| 3. | Merck Frosst Canada - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases |
| | Chickenpox... Signs and symptoms of chickenpox... The first signs of chickenpox are :... In an average case of chickenpox, a child may get as many as 500 spots.... The spots are filled with fluid that contains the chickenpox virus.... The rash may be very itchy, and this itchy rash is often the most uncomfortable symptom of chickenpox.... |
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| 4. | Merck Frosst Canada - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases |
| | Chickenpox... How is chickenpox spread ?... Chickenpox is usually spread through : the air, by coughing or sneezing direct contact with blisters that form on the skin... Infected persons often spread chickenpox even before the rash appears.... |
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| 5. | Merck Frosst Canada - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases |
| | Chickenpox... Who usually gets chickenpox ? children who have never had chickenpox children who haven't been vaccinated against it... When another member of the family has chickenpox, children have approximately a 90 % chance of catching it too.... |
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| 6. | Merck Frosst Canada - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases |
| | Vaccine-Preventable DiseasesChickenpox. What the experts recommend. The College of Family Physicians... The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)... all recommend the chickenpox vaccine for children 12 months or older if they never had chickenpox or were not previously vaccinated against chickenpox.. |
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| 7. | Merck Frosst Canada - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases |
| | Chickenpox... VARIVAX® III is one vaccine currently available to help protect children, age 12 months and older, against chickenpox.... |
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| 8. | Merck Frosst Canada - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases |
| | Chickenpox... Scientific studies have shown that 98 % of vaccinated children (12 months to 12 years of age) have developed antibodies against the chickenpox virus 4-6 weeks after vaccination.... |
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| 9. | Merck Frosst Canada - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases |
| | Chickenpox... |
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| 10. | Merck Frosst Canada - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases |
| | Chickenpox... All provinces cover the cost of the chickenpox vaccine.... |
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