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Report #2867248

Received Oct 20, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Male
Age
Age unknown
State
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Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
—
Onset
—
Days to onset
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Hospital days
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Vaccines (2)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
VARZOSZOSTER (NO BRAND NAME)UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER2UNK—
VARZOSZOSTER (NO BRAND NAME)UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER1UNK—

Symptoms (2)

Herpes zosterVaccination failure

Symptom narrative

Suspected vaccination failure; Do I get my Author/Reporter Comment: Hathe two shingles shots and a month later got shingles. products. back for defective money; This serious case was reported by a consumer via interactive digital media and described the occurrence of vaccination failure in a elderly male patient who received Herpes zoster (Shingles vaccine) for prophylaxis. Co-suspect products included Herpes zoster (Shingles vaccine) for prophylaxis. On an unknown date, the patient received the 2nd dose of Shingles vaccine and the 1st dose of Shingles vaccine. On an unknown date, 1 month after receiving Shingles vaccine and Shingles vaccine, the patient experienced vaccination failure (Verbatim: Suspected vaccination failure) (serious criteria GSK medically significant) and shingles (Verbatim: Do I get my Author/Reporter Comment: Hathe two shingles shots and a month later got shingles. products. back for defective money). The outcome of the vaccination failure and shingles were not reported. It was unknown if the reporter considered the vaccination failure and shingles to be related to Shingles vaccine and Shingles vaccine. The company considered the vaccination failure and shingles to be unrelated to Shingles vaccine and Shingles vaccine. Additional Information: GSK receipt date: 14-OCT-2025 This case was considered as suspected vaccination failure as details regarding time to onset for shingles and laboratory confirmation regarding shingles were unknown at the time of reporting. The batch number was not provided, and we are unable to contact the reporter.; Sender's Comments: A case of Vaccination failure and Herpes zoster, 1 month after receiving 1st and 2nd dose of Shingles vaccine in a male subject. Based on the available information a possible causality that the event was caused by the GSK product cannot be ascertained. Consent for further follow up has not been received.