Varicella vaccine may protect against shingles.
HealthDay (12/4, Preidt) reported, "Children who are vaccinated against chicken pox may also have increased protection against shingles," according to data in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Investigators at the Kaiser Permanente Department of Research "looked at the health records of 172,163 children in southern California who were vaccinated with the varicella (chicken pox) vaccine between 2002 and 2008." They noted that "over an average of 2.5 years after receiving the chicken pox vaccine, only 122 cases of shingles (Herpes zoster) occurred among the children, an estimated incidence of one case per 3,700 children per year."
Citation: AMA
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