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Chicken pox vaccine may also reduce risk of shingles among children

by Pat Dulnier on December 4, 2009

Herpes Zoster

OAKLAND, Calif. — Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated against chicken pox, according to a Kaiser Permanente study in the December issue of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal.

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Chicken pox vaccine may also reduce risk of shingles among children

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