Is the skin rash shingles contagious?

We know someone with Aids and they have shingles , just being cautious.|||Shingles cannot be passed from one person to another.





However, the virus that causes shingles, VZV, can be spread from a person with active shingles to a person who has never had chickenpox through direct contact with the rash.





The person exposed would then develop chickenpox, not shingles.





The virus is not spread through sneezing, coughing or casual contact. A person with shingles can spread the disease when the rash is in the blister-phase. Once the rash has developed crusts, the person is no longer contagious. A person is not infectious before blisters appear.|||Shingles is contagious if you come in contact with with a sore on there body, but the aids isn't contagious just by touching them.