New endeavours: Grant Gustin was seen filming on the set of The Flash-the new DC Comics TV series in which he stars-in Vancouver, Canada on Monday.
Best Answer: They are not interchangable. The shingles vaccine contains more of the virus antigen than the chickenpox vaccine. Chickenpox vaccine is given in 2 doses, shingles in 1 dose. Currently no boosters are recommended. Edit: Yes, the type of attenuated virus is exactly the same.The manufacturer of both vaccines (Merck) uses the same virus stock to produce the two vaccines (actually three vaccines, varicella, or chickenpox, MMRV-a combination measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox vaccine, and zoster, or shingles vaccine).It is the amounts that are different.est Answer: They are not interchangable. The shingles vaccine contains more of the virus antigen than the chickenpox vaccine. Chickenpox vaccine is given in 2 doses, shingles in 1 dose. Currently no boosters are recommended. Edit: Yes, the type of attenuated virus is exactly the same.
This is called post-herpetic neuralgia. Shingles is caused by the Varicella Zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. Only someone who has had chickenpox â or, rarely, has gotten chickenpox vaccine â can get shingles. The virus stays in your body, and can cause shingles many years later.You canât catch shingles from another person with shingles. However, a person who has never had chickenpox (or chickenpox vaccine) could get chickenpox from someone with shingles. This is not very common.Shingles is far more common in people 50 years of age and older than in younger people.ome people should not get shingles vaccine or should wait. A person should not get shingles vaccine who: 1  has ever had a life-threatening allergic reaction to gelatin, the antibiotic neomycin, or any other component of shingles vaccine. 2  Tell your doctor if you have any severe allergies.