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Unit 5 - Health and Community Care Chickenpox is caused by a virus this is called the Herpes Zoster virus, the medical term for chickenpox is 'varicella'. Children at most stage of their childhood catch this mild disease, in winter and spring the virus usually affects lots of children about once a year this is called an 'epidemic'. Chickenpox is most common between the ages of two - eights years old children. The www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk stated that "Babies who catch chickenpox within a few days of birth have around a 20% of dying from the infection." Chickenpox spreads in tiny droplets of saliva and nasal mucus within the infected person. The rash appears about two days after the person has been infected and takes around 10-21 for the symptoms to show after they have come in to contact with it. This part of the infection is called the 'incubation period.' The rash...

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