Vaccine Ingredients
In addition to the live, attenuated or inactive virus, pathogen or toxoid, the Varicella (Varivax) Frozen vaccine contains the following ingredients:
- calf bovine serum
- ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)
- guinea pig cell cultures
- human diploid cell cultures (MRC-5)
- human diploid cell cultures (WI-38)
- human embryonic lung cell cultures
- hydrolyzed gelatin
- monosodium L-glutamate
- neomycin
- potassium chloride
- potassium phosphate monobasic
- sodium chloride
- sodium phosphate dibasic
- sucrose
Source: CDC