Is shingles communicable?
Shingles is infectious. The virus could be transmitted to any person with a history of chickenpox via direct contact with the bare blisters of an infection-ridden individual till the time newly surfacing sores continue to form and the earlier ones heal. Rather than shingles forming, the lately infected individual would develop chickenpox. No sooner has the person contracted chickenpox; he/she would develop immunity against it, although there is a strong likelihood of developing shingles in the future.
