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Chiockenpox was discovered by Giovanni Filippo in Italy and he gave a more detailed description of the disease.
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English physician, Richard Morton, named the disease chickenpox because he thought that chickenpox was a milder form of smallpox. The name is derived from chickpeas, because the vesicles resembled chickpeas.
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In 1767, William Heberden gave the first detailed description of chickenpox as a disease sui generis ( Latin phrase meaning "of its own kind/genus"). He explained that chickenpox was a mild diesease that is different from smallpox. He also discovered that a person who contracted chickenpox remains immuned to the disease
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In 1875, Rudolf Steiner dicovered that chickenpox was caused by an infectious agent.Itchy, bumpy rashes were formed on the skin of healthy volunteers when Steiner took fluid from the blisters of an infected person.
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Von Bokay suggested that chickenpox and shingles disease are related.
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Von Bokay's suggestion about chickenpox and shingles were confirmed when, in 1920s and 1930s, children inoculted with fluid from zoster vesicles were shown to contract chickenpox.
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Varicella zoster virus was isolated from vesicular fluid of both chickenpox and zoster lesions in cell culture by Thomas Weller.
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In 1972, Takahashi developed a live attenuated VZV (varicella-zoster virus) vaccine for prevention of varicella.
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In 1974 the varicella vaccination was first developd by Michiaki Takahashi. He derived it from the Oka strain.
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Aciclovir, an antiviral drug used to treat varicella zoster and herpes zoster is created.
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In 1986, Andrew J. Davison and James E. Scott published the entire DNA sequence of Varicella Zoster Virus in the Journal of General Viriology.
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The Varicella vaccine was released in Japan and Korea
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The Varicella vaccine is introduced in the U.S
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A study published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2001 indicative the effect that the environment may have in being infected by Varicella Zoster disease.
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As of 2005, incidence rate from chickenpox fell to 400,000 from 4 million cases per year in the pre-vaccination era.
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In 2006, the CDC recommended a booster dose of chickenpox vaccine for all children and a shingles vaccine was licensed and recommended for all adults over age 60.
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The first vaccine ti reduce the risk of herpes zoster was licensed in May 2006.
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Center Of Disease Control and Prevention recommended a second dosage of the varicella containing vaccine to all children.
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In the late 800’s/early 900s AD, Muhammad ibn Zakariya Razi, recorded some of the first known information on chicken pox and noted the differences between measles and small pox in his book al-Judari wa al-Hasbah.
http://www.thelivingmoon.com/44cosmic_wisdom/02files/Muhammad_ibn_Zakariya_al-Razi.html#Smallpox_vs._measles