It can reactivate years later and cause shingles.
Can you get shingles even if you had the chickenpox vaccine.
That s because the chickenpox vaccine is a live virus vaccine.
The cdc says that doctors need not ask patients if they ever had chickenpox or test for antibodies to it before giving them the shingles vaccine.
Although chickenpox vaccines do contain a weakened version of the live virus which can reactivate later in life and cause shingles this is very rare he said.
After a person recovers from chickenpox the virus stays dormant inactive in the body.
You can get shingles if you have been vaccinated with the chickenpox vaccine even if you have never had a natural chickenpox infection though.
If you had zostavax in the recent past you should wait at least eight weeks before getting shingrix.
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Shingrix recommended for everyone age 50 and older whether or not you remember having had chickenpox because most people have been exposed to the virus.
Chickenpox and shingles are related because they are caused by the same virus varicella zoster virus.