A person can contract chickenpox from a child who recently received the varicella vaccine
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confidence 90/100
A person can contract chickenpox from a child who recently received the varicella vaccine, provided the child develops a postvaccination rash that transmits the vaccine-strain virus to susceptible contacts, though such transmission is rare.
Evidence for · 3
The Safety Profile of Varicella Vaccine: A 10‐Year Review
2008 · cited by 254
Identifies secondary transmission of the vaccine strain (Oka VZV) from vaccine recipients to susceptible household contacts.
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Transmission of Vaccine Strain Varicella‐Zoster Virus from a Healthy Adult with Vaccine‐Associated Rash to Susceptible Household Contacts
1997 · cited by 80
Documents a specific case where a vaccine recipient transmitted the vaccine-strain varicella virus to susceptible household contacts who developed a rash.
Transmission of Vaccine-Strain Varicella-Zoster Virus: A Systematic Review
2019 · cited by 44
Confirms through a systematic review that secondary transmission of vaccine-strain varicella-zoster virus can occur, primarily from vaccine recipients who develop a postvaccination rash to close contacts.