
%0 Journal Article
%T FactSheet: Chickenpox
%J New South Wales Public Health Bulletin
%D 2000/03/01
%V 11
%N 3
%P 40-40
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/NB00021
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/NB00021 
%X Chickenpox is a viral illness caused by the herpes zoster virus (also known as the Varicella-Zoster virus). It is very contagious. It commonly occurs in children. Over 90 per cent of the population have had chickenpox by the age of 15 years. 
