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Is it possible for you to get shingles or chicken pox if you haven't had the chicken pox, but have had the varicella vaccine?
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Maybe: You may have had a mild form of the chicken pox when you were little and you don't even know it. You can have your titers checked and and if they are truly negative you can get the vaccination since getting chicken pox as an adult can be serious. The shingles vaccine is only about 50 percent effective so it is still possible to get shingles even if you have had the vaccine. If you do the case is u.
Answered 1/4/2014
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