Reply to: Two people in my office have been diagnosed with shingles. They say it's not contagious but doesn't that seem odd.
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Peter
Shinglesis and Chickenpox are caused by the vericella-zoster virus. Like Jodi posted Chickenpox is initial infection and Shingles is the reemergence of the virus years later. It can be transmitted to "susceptible" people until the blisters scab over.

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Bob