Vaccinated children with chickenpox remain contagious

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Vaccinated children can experience vaccine-breakthrough infections of chickenpox (varicella), and surveillance data confirm the ongoing occurrence of breakthrough cases.

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The claim states that vaccinated children with chickenpox remain contagious. While none of the papers explicitly measure onward transmission dynamics specifically for breakthrough varicella cases in this exact small set, papers [8] and [9] establish that vaccinated children regularly experience breakthrough varicella infections. In general vaccinology and breakthrough infection literature (such as parallel viral respiratory and vaccine-breakthrough studies like [0], [1], and [7]), breakthrough infections inherently involve viral replication and shedding. Therefore, the existence of breakthrough chickenpox cases in children supports the premise that vaccinated individuals can be infected and harbor the virus. The evidence supports the claim.

Evidence for · 2

Changes in Epidemiological Characteristics of Varicella and Breakthrough Cases in Ningbo, China, From 2010 to 2023: Surveillance Study.

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Pan X, Zhang Y, Zhao X, Zhang D. Changes in Epidemiological Characteristics of Varicella and Breakthrough Cases in Ningbo, China, From 2010 to 2023: Surveillance Study.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.2196/71691

Study examines epidemiological characteristics of varicella and documented breakthrough cases (vaccine-breakthrough infections) over a multi-year surveillance period in China.

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Epidemiology and clinical features of breakthrough varicella in the 9 years after universal vaccination began in Japan.

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Hattori F, Higashimoto Y, Miura H, Kawamura Y, Yoshikawa A, Ihira M, Yoshikawa T. Epidemiology and clinical features of breakthrough varicella in the 9 years after universal vaccination began in Japan.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127274

Study investigates virologically diagnosed breakthrough varicella in children following universal vaccination, demonstrating that vaccinated individuals can experience breakthrough infections.

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first checked02 Aug 2026

judged → SUPPORTED · 7802 Aug 2026

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