What Is Chickenpox?
Chickenpox is thought to have been discovered by Giovanni Filippo in Italy during the 1500's. Later on, in the 1600's, an English physician named Richard Morton gave the name chickenpox to what he thought was a milder form of smallpox. The actual physician to prove that chickenpox was a separate disease from smallpox was William Heberden. Chickenpox is an acute infectious disease caused by the varicella zoster virus.
The Varicella-Zoster virus(VZV) belongs to the subfamily alphaherpesviridae in the Herpesviridae family, genus Varicellovirus. It has a diameter between 150-200 nm and contains a linear, double stranded DNA genome, enclosed within an icosahedral capsid. It is also surrounded by a phospholipid envelope as well. The virus grows
The Varicella-Zoster virus(VZV) belongs to the subfamily alphaherpesviridae in the Herpesviridae family, genus Varicellovirus. It has a diameter between 150-200 nm and contains a linear, double stranded DNA genome, enclosed within an icosahedral capsid. It is also surrounded by a phospholipid envelope as well. The virus grows