Epidemiologic Trends of Viral Skin Infections in Egypt: A Cross-Sectional Hospital-Based Study

Table 1

The clinical patterns, frequencies, and percentages of viral skin infections at different age groups and in both sexes (total number = 1000).

Clinical pattern	Age group					Total number ()
	<10 years	>10-20 years	>20-40 years	>40-60 years	>60 years
Viral warts (B07)	61	164	358	76	14	673 (67.3)
Female						323 (32.3)
Male						350 (35.0)
Chickenpox (B01)	150	46	4	0	0	200 (20.0)
Female						87 (8.7)
Male						113 (11.3)
Herpes simplex facialis (B0)	15	8	23	4	0	50 (5.0)
Female						37 (3.7)
Male						13 (1.3)
Herpes zoster (B02)	1	5	3	13	20	42 (4.2)
Female						22 (2.2)
Male						20 (2.0)
Molluscum contagiosum (B08.1)	11	5	7	4	0	27 (2.7)
Female						19 (1.9
Male						8 (0.8)
Anogenital warts (A63.0)			7	1		8 (0.8)
Female						1 (0.1)
Male						7 (0.7)
Total number ()	238	228	402	98	34	1000
	(23.8)	(22.8)	(40.2)	(9.8)	(3.4)	()

means ICD-10: International Statistical Classification of Diseases, version 10.