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Such susceptible individuals include babies, young children, and unvaccinated individuals, so people with shingles are actually contagious for VZV infections in the form of chickenpox. Consequently, these individuals may get shingles at a later time in life, as can anyone who has had chickenpox. Covering the rash that occurs with shingles with a dressing or clothing helps decrease the risk of spreading the infection to others.
Shingles is characterized by a skin rash caused due to virus. Read on to find out whether this disease is contagious in children or not. Advertisement. Shingles is one of the most common disease found in children. Also known as Herpes zoster, it is caused due to varicella-zoster virus, which also causes chickenpox.People suffering from chickenpox may develop shingles in the later age when the virus becomes active again. Skin rash occurring due to shingles looks similar to chickenpox.irstly, it is contagious only to those individuals who have not had chickenpox in the past. When the virus is transmitted from one person to the other, the other person develops chickenpox, and not shingles. Those who have already had chickenpox are usually not at the risk of contracting the disease again.