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Scarring

More should be mentioned about residual pitted scars, after doing some research I found that they occur in up to 18 percent of people infected. And can occur regardless of picking or scratching. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.173.161.149 (talk) 08:38, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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"There is research that finds a minor increase in shingles in vaccinated populations.^[1]"

But the ref says "Our model demonstrates that over the longer time period, there will be a reduction in shinglesincidence driven by the depletion of the source of shingles reactivation; however in the short to medium term some age cohorts may experience an increase in shingles incidence."

So not exactly. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 01:02, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Rafferty, E; McDonald, W; Qian, W (2018). "Evaluation of the effect of chickenpox vaccination on shingles epidemiology using agent-based modeling". PeerJ. 6: e5012. doi:10.7717/peerj.5012.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

Comparison of varicella with various should be added

Hello eds

Please add the following points Chickenpox differs from small pox in the following different ways: -

CPox has a centripetal pattern of lesions while SPox has a centrifugal pattern
CPox lesions are pleomorphic in appearance (that is the lesions appear in waves whereby a group of lesions will be vesicles, some will be pustule while some have gained umbilicated appearance) whereas SPox lesions come in a single wave
CPox lesions are rare to appear on conjunctiva or foot sole and palm of hands while opposite is true for SPox.

Now I made an edit but I guess someone removed it or something saying SPox is extinct etc

Remember knowledge is power, both are caused by viruses I have recently stopped work at a prominent infectious diseases hospital in eastern India (it has a bsl3 lab and is the head centre for cholera and enteric disease research / NICED). From my work there I saw quite a few cases where CPox lesions had appeared on palms of hands and foot soles also one case with few lesions at eyelid margins!!!

We need to be on the lookout, SPox virus is said to be extinct as no new infections have come up but archaeological sites may still contain them. Also it's pretty easy for a virus to mutate. Dr. Blu MBBS (talk) 17:23, 31 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thats an interesting comparison. Do you mean that smallpox lesions spread out from a centre over time whilst chickenpox lesions start in a ring and develop towards the centre? I haven't seen this pattern. Dbfirs 20:03, 31 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Inappropriate image

One of the examples of chickenpox, showing a 3-year-old girl topless. 2A00:23C7:FE8D:FB01:3C9D:E6AF:31A3:FCAB (talk) 18:26, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is perfectly fine in a medical article, and Wikipedia is not censored. HiLo48 (talk) 00:05, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[Rafferty2018-1] Rafferty, E; McDonald, W; Qian, W (2018). "Evaluation of the effect of chickenpox vaccination on shingles epidemiology using agent-based modeling". PeerJ. 6: e5012. doi:10.7717/peerj.5012.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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