Neonatal HSV infection part II: Obstetric considerations - A tale of hospitals in two cities (Seattle and Atlanta, USA)

Herpes

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 41-44

  Nahmias, André J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Genital herpes; Herpes simplex virus (HSV) types 1 and 2; Neonatal herpes; Population subgroups; Pregnancy; Prevention; Transmission; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CESAREAN SECTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; URBAN HEALTH; WASHINGTON;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 4344673439     PISSN: 09697667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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