Many other countries around the world give varicella vaccination as part of their childhood immunisation programme.
Many people who are working and living in the UK but are from other parts of the world want to follow their country of origin immunisation programme. The US has been using varicella vaccine since 1995.
The Travel Clinic can offer the two-part vaccination in Cambridge or Ipswich. The first dose is given on day one and the second dose between four and eight weeks later. Varicella is able to be given after the age of one year old and is a live vaccine.
Chickenpox is an acute, infectious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus and is most commonly seen in children under 10 years old. This virus, if re-activated in a person who has had chickenpox previously, can also cause shingles (herpes zoster). Shingles tends to be more prevalent in adults.
It is not possible to develop shingles from exposure to a person with chickenpox. It is possible, however, to develop chickenpox as a result of exposure to a person with shingles.
The Travel Clinic Ltd also has the shingles vaccine available. 0845 5480 543
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Protect your family against chickenpox and shingles, says The Travel Clinic
14 March 2014
After a brief shortage of vaccine, The Travel Clinic Ltd now has the Varicella vaccine available again. There are regular outbreaks of chickenpox throughout East Anglia again, particularly among nurseries and unprotected parents.