Neonatal herpes simplex virus infection in the British Isles

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 432-442

  Tookey, Pat ^a   Peckham, Catherine S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRENATAL SCREENING; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029959128     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1996.tb00070.x     Document Type: Article

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