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shingles Mar 25, 2001 Can a poz person get shingles from someone else that has broken out with the chicken-pox?? |
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Response from Dr. Feinberg
 No. If an HIV+ OR an HIV- person has never had chicken pox and comes into contact with someone who has shingles, what they will get is chicken pox, not the other way around. Shingles is just a reactivation of latent chicken pox virus which remains in the body forever after having chicken pox. |
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