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Detection of VZV DNA in patients with RHS and ZSH
| Disease (n) | Appearance of zoster (n) | No. (%) of PCR-positive cases | No. of PCR-positive cases with pattern of VZV load
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gradual decrease | Peak after onset | |||
| RHS (25) | Before onset of facial palsy (7) | 1 (14) | 1 | 0 |
| Simultaneous (12) | 8 (67) | 6 | 2 | |
| After onset of facial palsy (6) | 4 (67) | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 13 (52) | 7 | 6 | |
| ZSH (31) | None | 17 (55) | 10 | 7 |
