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Photos of chicken pox skin condition on a black African American child (CDC) ... but the unique chicken pox rash appears on the skin with itchy blisters that look like lots of little dew drops.
In 2015 chickenpox resulted in 6,400 deaths globally – down from 8,900 in 1990. [6] [15] Death occurs in about 1 per 60,000 cases. [9] Chickenpox was not separated from smallpox until the late 19th century. [9] In 1888 its connection to shingles was determined. [9] The first documented use of the term chicken pox was in 1658. [16]
Onesimus (late 1600s–1700s [1]) was an African (likely Akan) man who was instrumental in the mitigation of smallpox in Boston, Massachusetts.. He introduced his enslaver, Puritan clergyman Cotton Mather, to the principle and procedure of the variolation method of inoculation, which prevented smallpox and laid the foundation for the development of vaccines.
Pox parties, also known as flu parties, are social activities in which children are deliberately exposed to infectious diseases such as chickenpox.Such parties originated to "get it over with" before vaccines were available for a particular illness or because childhood infection might be less severe than infection during adulthood, according to proponents.
In developing countries that suffer from malnutrition and vitamin A deficiency, measles has been known to kill as many as 1 out of 4 people and it is the leading cause of blindness among African children. [49] A child with measles showing the characteristic red blotchy rash on his buttocks and back during the 3rd day of the rash
American vaccinologist Maurice Hilleman's team developed a chickenpox vaccine in the United States in 1981, based on the "Oka strain" of the varicella virus. [16] [17] [18] The chickenpox vaccine first became commercially available in 1984. [10] It is on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. [19] [20]
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Gianotti–Crosti syndrome mainly affects infants and young children.Children as young as 1.5 months and up to 12 years of age are reported to be affected. [9] It is generally recognized as a papular or papulovesicular skin rash occurring mainly on the face and distal aspects of the four limbs.