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• n  an acute contagious disease caused by herpes varicella zoster virus; causes a rash of vesicles on the face and body

• Zostavax contains a crippled form of the chicken pox's varicella zoster virus, and jump-starts the body's immune system, boosting the defense cells specifically designed to attack .
• There varicella-zoster lies dormant, usually for decades.
• For children 12 or younger, these include hepatitis A and B, DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis), varicella and polio.

• chickenpox

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• State law requires incoming students to provide chickenpox history
  Effective July 1, incoming students will be required by state law to provide proof of two doses of the chickenpox [varicella] vaccine or documentation that they have had chickenpox. Currently enrolled students are not affected.
  June 9, 2013 - East Tennessean