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Is shingles contagious to people that have had chicken pox

By Anonymous January 19, 2018 - 4:39pm
 
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Is shingles contagious for people that have had chicken pox

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Hello. Thank you for posting.

Shingles cannot be passed from one person to another. However, the virus that causes shingles, the varicella zoster virus, can spread from a person with active shingles to cause chickenpox in someone who had never had chickenpox or received chickenpox vaccine.

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January 19, 2018 - 5:46pm
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