Chickenpox is a highly contagious viral infection that causes a skin rash, starting with red bumps and progressing to blisters and scabs. It may also cause symptoms such as fever, headache ...

They both have "pox" in their names because they cause pockmark skin lesions. But mpox is caused by a virus similar to ...

Once the virus is reactivated it does not cause typical chickenpox but instead causes a rash which tracks along the same area of skin supplied by one of the nerve roots in her spinal cord.

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus. It leads to itchy rashes with fluid-filled ...