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Report #2835125

Received Apr 9, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Unknown
Age
Age unknown
State
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Recovered
Not recovered
Vaccinated
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Onset
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Days to onset
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Hospital days
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Vaccines (1)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
VARZOSZOSTER (NO BRAND NAME)UNKNOWN MANUFACTURERUNKUNK—

Symptoms (2)

Herpes zosterVaccination failure

Symptom narrative

suspected vaccination failure; now recovering from shingles, it never occurred I could still get them; This serious case was reported by a consumer via interactive digital media and described the occurrence of vaccination failure in a patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingles vaccine) for prophylaxis. On an unknown date, the patient received Shingles vaccine. On an unknown date, an unknown time after receiving Shingles vaccine, the patient experienced vaccination failure (Verbatim: suspected vaccination failure) (serious criteria GSK medically significant) and shingles (Verbatim: now recovering from shingles, it never occurred I could still get them). The outcome of the vaccination failure was not reported and the outcome of the shingles was resolving. It was unknown if the reporter considered the vaccination failure and shingles to be related to Shingles vaccine. The company considered the vaccination failure to be unrelated to Shingles vaccine. It was unknown if the company considered the shingles to be related to Shingles vaccine. Additional Information: GSK Receipt Date: 30-MAR-2025 This case was reported by a patient via interactive digital media. The patient had the shot and the patient was now (at the time of reporting) recovering from shingles, it never occurred could still get them. The patient reported it was pure hell but only lasted a week or so might be it helped the recovery. This case was considered as suspected vaccination failure as details regarding completion of primary schedule, time to onset for shingles and laboratory confirmation regarding shingles were unknown at the time of reporting; Sender's Comments: Vaccination failure is a listed event which, due to the following criteria (insufficient information provided about the completion of primary vaccination schedule, clinical description, time to onset and laboratory confirmation of disease) is considered unrelated to GSK vaccine Shingles vaccine