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Students receiving a third dose of polio vaccine after the 4th birthday are not required to receive additional doses
3 doses of hepatitis B vaccine
4 doses of DTaP or another combination vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough)
2 doses of varicella (chickenpox) vaccine.
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Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
Viruses like measles and varicella (which causes chickenpox) on average take longer than a week to incubate, so, by comparison, a three-day incubation period is already pretty fast.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 9 Jan. 2024
For example, a person can have immunity to the varicella virus that causes chickenpox—either via acquiring the infection as a child or through a vaccine.
—Leah Groth, Health, 17 Nov. 2023
One dose of the vaccine is estimated as being 85% protective in preventing varicella infection and anywhere from 67 to 100% effective in preventing herpes zoster infection, a later reactivation of varicella infection (1).
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Oct. 2016
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Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
Viruses like measles and varicella (which causes chickenpox) on average take longer than a week to incubate, so, by comparison, a three-day incubation period is already pretty fast.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 9 Jan. 2024
For example, a person can have immunity to the varicella virus that causes chickenpox—either via acquiring the infection as a child or through a vaccine.
—Leah Groth, Health, 17 Nov. 2023
One dose of the vaccine is estimated as being 85% protective in preventing varicella infection and anywhere from 67 to 100% effective in preventing herpes zoster infection, a later reactivation of varicella infection (1).
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Oct. 2016
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“Varicella.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/varicella. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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varicella
noun
var·i·cel·la
ˌvar-ə-ˈsel-ə 
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