Neonatal herpes - The forgotten perinatal infection

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-24

  Gardella, Carolyn ^a,e   Handsfield, H Hunter ^b,c   Whitley, Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; EDITORIAL; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES NEONATORUM; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LABOR COMPLICATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PERINATAL INFECTION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS SHEDDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HERPES SIMPLEX; NEWBORN SCREENING; NOTE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39649101493     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31815c11ee     Document Type: Editorial

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