Research Article
Genetic Analysis of Clinical VZV Isolates Collected in China Reveals a More Homologous Profile
Table 1
Characteristics of VZV infections in Chinese patients from whom VZV strains were isolated between July 2007 and July 2008.
| Clade | VZV isolate | Sex | Age (year) | Isolation | Patient type | Strain Origin | History of varicella |
| 2 | China-1 | M | 50 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-2 | M | 45 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Not available | 2 | China-3 | M | 70 | Yes | Hospitalized | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-4 | M | 64 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-5 | M | 34 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Not available | 2 | China-6 | M | 67 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Not available | 2 | China-7 | M | 35 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-8 | M | 30 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-9 | F | 67 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-10 | M | 71 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Not available | 2 | China-11 | M | 74 | Yes | Hospitalized | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-12 | F | 80 | Yes | Hospitalized | Zoster | Not available | 2 | China-13 | F | 40 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-14 | M | 18 | Yes | Ambulatory | Varicella | Not available | 2 | China-15 | F | 76 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Not available | 2 | China-16 | M | 47 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-17 | M | 20 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-18 | M | 17 | Yes | Ambulatory | Varicella | Not available | 2 | China-19 | F | 32 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-20 | F | 12 | No | Ambulatory | Varicella | Not available | 2 | China-21 | M | 78 | No | Hospitalized | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-22 | F | 86 | Yes | Hospitalized | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-23 | F | 23 | Yes | Ambulatory | Varicella | Not available | 2 | China-24 | M | 24 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-25 | M | 16 | Yes | Ambulatory | Varicella | Not available | 2 | China-26 | F | 56 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-27 | F | 68 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-28 | F | 32 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-29 | F | 46 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-30 | F | 9 | Yes | Ambulatory | Varicella | Not available | 2 | China-31 | M | 58 | Yes | Ambulatory | Varicella | Not available | 2 | China-32 | M | 69 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-33 | F | 71 | Yes | Hospitalized | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-34 | M | 21 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-35 | M | 3 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-36 | M | 10 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-37 | M | 25 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-38 | F | 31 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-39 | F | 26 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-40 | M | 37 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-41 | F | 28 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-42 | F | 51 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-43 | F | 50 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China | 2 | China-44 | M | 26 | Yes | Ambulatory | Zoster | Childhood in China |
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