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The majority (72%) of respondents agreed that varicella vaccine should become part of the immunization schedule. However 12% of GPs did not support vaccination for varicella as they considered it to be a benign self\u2010limiting disease. Respondents who had experience with varicella complications were significantly more likely to recommend universal vaccination (OR 3.36; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.38\u22128.19) whereas those respondents who were concerned about side effects of the vaccine were less likely to recommend universal vaccination (OR 0.31; CI 0.15\u22120.63).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold> \u2003The majority of GPs are receptive to varicella vaccination becoming part of the immunization schedule. Experience with varicella complications is associated with recommending universal varicella vaccination. General practitioners in this cohort do not consider varicella to be a benign disease, but they are concerned about possible unknown side effects of the vaccine. 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