An infectious disease of children, with fever and red spots which turn into itchy blisters. also called varicella comment: chickenpox is caused by a herpesvirus. in later life, shingles is usually a reemergence of a dormant chickenpox virus and an adult with shingles can infect a child with chickenpox.
Common childhood disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus and marked by the formation of pustular lesions on the trunk
