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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Bug Breakfast in the Bulletin: Varicella zoster

Stephanie Blows, Kristine Macartney and Sue Campbell-Lloyd

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 16(12) 204 - 205
Published: 2005

Abstract

Varicella zoster is a herpes virus that causes chickenpox (also known as varicella) and shingles (herpes zoster). This Bug Breakfast discussed the background to the addition of the varicella vaccine to the National Immunisation Program on 1 November 2005, and outlined the process of introducing a new vaccine to the schedule in NSW.

https://doi.org/10.1071/NB05058

© NSW Department of Health 2005

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