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Why can't animals get chickenpox?

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11y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

The varicella zoster virus that causes chickenpox can't infect animals (other than humans and a few primates) because its infectivity is specific to the primate cell type. Many infections can only cause disease in certain animals due to differences in cell receptors from species to species.

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