Varicella (Chicken Pox)

A viral infection spread by droplets.

Symptoms include feeling unwell, headache, fever a typical rash with blisters and sores
Complications including pneumonia and encephalitis (brain inflammation)
It causes 1200 hospitalisations and more than four deaths in Australia annually
This disease is more severe in adults and the immuno-compromised

Varicella is now a routine vaccination for children. Adults may need vaccinating prior to travel.

Detailed information on preparing for your trip is available in The Traveller’s Pocket Medical Guide and International Certificate of Vaccination and during a travel consultation with a Travel Clinics Australia doctor.
Call 1300 369 359	to make an appointment at a clinic (click here to find one near you) OR
Call 1900 969 359*	for our travel health information hotline.
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