Statistical Survey of Viral Skin Diseases during the First Five Years in the Dermatological Clinic of Shimane Medical University Hospital

Abstract

A statistical survey of viral skin diseases was carried out on outpatients seen at the dermatological clinic of Shimane Medical University Hospital during the period between October, 1979 and October, 1984. Out of all the 9,702 patients seen, there were 869 cases of viral skin diseases, that is 9.0% of all the patients. The number of cases of infectious warts, herpes zoster, herpes simplex, molluscum contagiosum, varicella, rubella, hand-foot-mouth disease, and others were 291, 212, 134, 114, 34, 25, 24, and 35, respectively. The frequencies of those viral skin diseases seen in our clinic are similar to those reported from other clinics of dermatology.