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An increase in chickenpox cases has been reported among children in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, spreading easily in communities with low vaccination rates.

Symptoms include an itchy, blister-like rash, fever, and tiredness, with individuals being contagious even before the rash appears.

An increase in varicella, commonly known as chickenpox, has been recorded in children across Buncombe County.

Buncombe County Health and Human Services Public Health staff reported that children infected with chickenpox in the county ranged in age from less than one year of age to their teenage years, according to a news release originally published Nov. 17.

The release noted that chickenpox spread

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