Table 2.

Clade summary of the VZV strains isolated in mainland China according to previous publications

Province	Collection time	No. of V or Z	Clade	References
Guangdong	before 2000	V (3)	4	[2]
Beijing	before 2000	V (3)	1 or 3	[2]
Shanghai	2007	V (8)	2	[25, 26]
Hubei	2008	V (16), Z (80)	2	[32]
Anhui	2007–2008	V (2), Z (17)	2	[23]
Liaoning	2009	V (3)	2	[33]
Inner Mongolia	2010	V (3)	2	[28]
Zhejiang	2009–2011	V (25)	2 (23), 5 (2)	[37]
Fujian	2010–2011	V (10), Z (34)	2	[41]
Tibet	2011	V (6), Z (4)	5 (3), 4 (4), 2 (3)	[27]
Xinjiang	2012–2013	V (4), Z (116)	2 (79), 5 (40), 1 or 3 (1)	[30]
Shanxi	2013	V (12)	2	[31]
Hunan	2013–2015	V (20), Z (54)	2	[29]

1. V varicella; Z herpes zoster

2. Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of varicella and/or zoster strains