The epidemiology of neonatal herpes simplex virus infections in California from 1985 to 1995

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 199-202

  Gutierrez, Kathleen M ^a,b   Falkovitz Halpern, Meira S ^a   Maldonado, Yvonne ^a   Arvin, Ann M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CALIFORNIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSTETRICS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0033013822     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314848     Document Type: Article

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