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Chicken pox is caused by the Varicella Zoxter Virus (VZV) and it is one of eight herpes viruses to infect humans. The most common cause of infection that it gives is chicken pox in children, and then shingles in adults...although I can't remember the last time I've heard of an adult having shingles. The VZV virus is also known as the chickenpox virus, varicella virus, zoster virus, and human herpes virus type 3.

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