Should children and susceptible persons living in a household with a susceptible pregnant woman be vaccinated?
Yes, all healthy children and adults without evidence of immunity who are living in a household with a susceptible pregnant woman should be vaccinated. Pregnant women without evidence of immunity are at risk of getting chickenpox during pregnancy, and vaccination of household contacts reduces this risk. Although there is a minimal risk that a vaccinated person could get a vaccine rash and spread the vaccine strain virus to the pregnant woman, the benefits of vaccinating susceptible household contacts outweigh the extremely low potential risk for transmission of vaccine virus.
