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Chickenpox is first described in writing around the 1500s by Giovanni Filippo.
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Richard Morton (guy in photo) believed chickenpox and smallpox were related which is how the virus became named chickenpox.
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William Heberden discovered that smallpox and chickenpox were NOT related.
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In 1875, Steiner demonstrated that chickenpox was caused by an infectious agent by inoculating volunteers with the vesicular fluid from a patient with acute varicella.
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Viennese doctor Jonas Von Bokay that the shingles virus and the chickenpox virus came from the same bacterial group.
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Thomas Weller confirmed that shingles and chickenpox were connected after an extensive study
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Japan finds a vaccine for chickenpox
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A vaccine for chickenpox is available in the United States of America!
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The vaccine for shingles is discovered and released
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The U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended that most Americans age 60 and older get the shingles vaccine.
