Zostavax, a new vaccine for shingles

July 2005

You'll hear about Zostavax, a new vaccine for shingles.

Zostavax contains live, attenuated varicella zoster virus... the same virus that's in the chickenpox vaccine, Varivax.

But Zostavax is at least 14 times more potent. A larger dose is needed to boost immunity after exposure to chickenpox.

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