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<gallery>Image:Chickenpox.jpg|A patient with chickenpox on day 5
<gallery>Image:Chickenpox.jpg|A patient with chickenpox on day 5
Image:Windpocken.jpg|Children with chickenpox
Image:Windpocken.jpg|Child with chickenpox
Image:Varicela.jpg|Sintomas de la varicela
Image:Varicela.jpg|Sintomas de la varicela
Image:Varicella (Chickenpox) Virus PHIL 1878 lores.jpg|Virus PHIL 1878 lores
Image:Varicella (Chickenpox) Virus PHIL 1878 lores.jpg|Virus PHIL 1878 lores
Image:Chickenpox blister 2006.01.06.jpg|Chickenpox blister
Image:Chickenpox blister-(closeup).jpg|Chickenpox blister (closeup)
Image:Chickenpoxat31.jpg|Adult chickenpox
Image:Child with chickenpox.jpg|Child with chickenpox
Image:IMG 6933.JPG|Man with chickenpox
Image:Smallpox (variola orthopox virus ) Early Rash vs chickenpox.gif|Differential smallpox vs. chickenpox
Image:Varicella.jpg|Chickenpox on a child
Image:Vetrospa.jpg|Adult with chickenpox
Image:Waterpokklein.jpg|Chickenpox blister one day old
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Chicken pox, also spelled chickenpox, is a common childhood disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), also known as human herpes virus 3 (HHV-3), one of the eight herpesviruses known to affect humans. It is characterized by a fever followed by itchy raw pox or open sores.