This test looks for antibodies in your blood that your body makes against the varicella-zoster virus.
The varicella-zoster virus is very contagious. It can cause 2 health problems: chickenpox and shingles. When you become infected with the virus for the first time, it causes chickenpox. After having chickenpox, most people become immune to the virus for the rest of their life. They can't get chickenpox again. But after the first illness, the virus becomes dormant and "hides" in nerves in your body. Later in your life (most common), the virus can become active again. It causes a painful rash called shingles (herpes zoster).
We send you an easy-to-use kit to collect your blood sample.
Post your sample to our lab in the prepaid envelope provided.
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