Herpes Zoster (Shingles) is a viral infection that causes a painful rash. It is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you've had chickenpox, the virus lies inactive in nerve tissue near your spinal cord and brain. Years later, if your body and immune system are weak, the virus may reactivate as shingles.

Children over 7 years old, adolescents and adults. The vaccine dose 0.5 milliliters is to be administered by intramuscular injection into the deltoid muscle of the upper arm