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Title: Why would the new varicella zoster vaccine cause shingles in children? Post by: bronxgirl on Nov 24, 2014 Describe shingles in detail and explain why the new Varicella Zoster Vaccine would cause shingles in children?
Title: Re: Why would the new varicella zoster vaccine cause shingles in children? Post by: bio_man on Nov 24, 2014 Describe shingles in detail and http://www.ppdictionary.com/viruses/zoster.htm new Varicella Zoster Vaccine would cause shingles in children? Can you provide us information on the "new" vaccine? I did a search and couldn't find anything that shed light. Title: Re: Why would the new varicella zoster vaccine cause shingles in children? Post by: bronxgirl on Nov 26, 2014 It's not a new vaccine. It's the only one that has been available. That is just the way the professor worded the question.
Thanks Title: Re: Why would the new varicella zoster vaccine cause shingles in children? Post by: wizarddim on Nov 26, 2014 The shingles vaccine is a live vaccine given as a single injection, usually in the upper arm.
Another reason people have doubts about the vaccine is fear that it could give them shingles. We've gotten letters from several readers along those lines. The shingles vaccine is made with a weakened virus, and there are rare instances of "live attenuated" vaccines causing the very disease that they're supposed to prevent. It doesn't happen often, but the live attenuated version of the polio vaccine can cause polio, for example. But from the data reported so far, and from what is known about the disease, fears of contracting shingles from the shingles vaccine are misplaced. |