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Are there different "strands" of chickenpox?
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One strain : The varicella virus is a single dna virus member of the herpes virus family. It does not have sub-strains or mutations like the flu. In theory, researchers did create a weakened strain that we use in vaccines, but this was derived from the wild varicella strain in a lab & does not spread in communities.
Answered 8/2/2015
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