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Varicella zoster immune globulin
If you are at risk for chicken pox during pregnancy, then if you come in contact with chicken pox or shingles you and your baby are at risk. Chicken pox is highly contagious, so if you have been in the same room as an affected child, you have been exposed to the varicella virus. If you have come in contact with someone suffering an outbreak of shingles, you have been exposed also. Your doctor can give you varicella zoster immune globulin (VZIG) to prevent infection after you are exposed.
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