10: Herpes simplex and varicella-zoster virus infections

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 267-273

  Dwyer, Dominic E ^a   Cunningham, Anthony L ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBODY; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FAMCICLOVIR; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; VALACICLOVIR; VIDARABINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPOSURE; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HERPES LABIALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNIZATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT VIRUS INFECTION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0037009458     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04764.x     Document Type: Review

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