Increase in Adult Patients with Varicella Zoster Virus–Related Central Nervous System Infections, Japan
Ayami Yoshikane, Hiroki Miura
, Sayuri Shima, Masaaki Matsunaga, Soichiro Ishimaru, Yuki Higashimoto, Yoshiki Kawamura, Kei Kozawa, Akiko Yoshikawa, Akihiro Ueda, Atsuhiko Ota, Hirohisa Watanabe, Tatsuro Mutoh, and Tetsushi Yoshikawa
Author affiliation: Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan (A. Yoshikane, H. Miura, S. Shima, M. Matsunaga, Y. Higashimoto, Y. Kawamura, K. Kozawa, A. Yoshikawa, A. Ueda, A. Ota, H. Watanabe, T. Mutoh, T. Yoshikawa); Kariya Toyota General Hospital, Kariya, Aichi, Japan (S. Ishimaru)
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Figure 2. Trends of VZV-related central nervous system infections at Fujita Health University School of Medicine during 2013–2022 in study of increase in adult patients with VZV-related central nervous system infections, Japan. Vertical bars show percentages of patients with (black) and without (white) VZV infection each year. Numbers above bars indicate no. patients positive/no. analyzed. VZV, varicella-zoster virus.
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