When did Pasteur discover the Chicken Pox vaccine?

[vietri5]

What year did Pasteur discover the Chicken Pox vaccine?

[Buenchico]

Never. Edward Jenner is the name you require. The date to go with it is 1796.

http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/nathist/jenner.html

Chris

[Buenchico]

Oops! Sorry! I must learn to read questions properly before answering them! Edward Jenner discovered the smallpox vaccine, not chicken pox.

If I can find the right answer Ill post it soon!

Sorry again!

Chris

[Peter Pedant]

erm I dont think there is one

I dont want to get techinical but Chicken pox and herpes zoster are one and the same thing and not caused by pox viruses but by a  DNA double stranded herpes virus, with a tendency as herpes viruses do, toward latency. (hence the zoster thing)

 

I am not sure that there is a vaccine that works in this.

vaccines are not discovered but are developed by the way

 

perhaps i am wrong and you're talking about pox in Chickens.

[Buenchico]

Hang on a minute, Peter Pedant! I'm annoyed at myself for fouling up earlier on (or, given that it's chicken pox, should that be 'fowling up'?) and I'm even more annoyed that I can't make amends by providing an accurate date for Vietri5's question, but I've found loads of websites (from responsible organisations) which state that Pasteur 'discovered' several vaccines, including one for chicken pox. I've also come across many sites which discuss the advisibility/necessity of using modern vaccines against herpes zoster. So, I feel that I'm on fairly safe ground by saying that vaccines against chicken pox definitely exist and that Pasteur was responsible for producing the first one. (Whether it was 'discovered' or 'developed' depends both upon the actual procedures carried out by Pasteur and the semantics associated with these terms)..

It seems that your Greek is much better than mine as I hadn't the slightest idea about what 'zoster' means but, other than that, I regret to say that you appear to be wrong.

Chris

[don1]

I dont think there is a vaccine for chicken pox, it's not a deadly disease so why would anyone waste time looking for a vaccine? At worst it's a bit irritating for a few days thats all.

[shaneystar]

In some countries people are vaccinated. Can be dangerous especially to pregnant women and can cause shingles in older people. Good article here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_pox

[Peter Pedant]

yes I was absolutely wrong

CDC in wherever have a long article about varicella vaccine.

Sorry about that - rather a large blind spot

[scubadiver]

There are two vaccines available in the UK for Varicella, or chickenpox - GSK's "Varilirix" & Sanofi Pasteur MSD's "Varivax". They have been licenced & available for over a year. At the moment they are mainly being used to provide immunisation for seronegative healthcare workers, to prevent potential spread of infection through wards & hospitals.

Don 1 - in terms of varicella not being at "deadly" disease - in the 10% or so of the UK population who get to adulthood without catching chickenpox, it is actually quite serious. In fact, amongst vaccine preventable diseases, varicella causes more deaths in the UK per year, than any other.

[shaneystar]

Precisely.These types of "childhood" illnesses when contracted by an adult can be very serious.Shingles is not a pleasant experience as I witnessed when my mother had it.
I myself contracted mumps earlier this year at the age of 57,which I can assure you was no joyride !!