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Jan 1, 1500
Chickenpox First Described
Chickenpox is first described in writing around the 1500s by Giovanni Filippo. -
Chickenpox is deadly???
Richard Morton (guy in photo) believed chickenpox and smallpox were related which is how the virus became named chickenpox. -
Chickenpox and smallpox are NOT related
William Heberden discovered that smallpox and chickenpox were NOT related. -
How Chickenpox works
In 1875, Steiner demonstrated that chickenpox was caused by an infectious agent by inoculating volunteers with the vesicular fluid from a patient with acute varicella. -
Shingles and Chickenpox are linked????
Viennese doctor Jonas Von Bokay that the shingles virus and the chickenpox virus came from the same bacterial group. -
Shingles and Chickenpox are connected
Thomas Weller confirmed that shingles and chickenpox were connected after an extensive study -
Japan's vaccine
Japan finds a vaccine for chickenpox -
USA gets chickenpox vaccine
A vaccine for chickenpox is available in the United States of America! -
Shingles Vaccine
The vaccine for shingles is discovered and released -
People advised to get vaccine
The U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended that most Americans age 60 and older get the shingles vaccine.
