Maternal and neonatal herpes simplex virus infections

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1376-

  Corey, Lawrence ^a   Wald, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 70349620998     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra0807633     Document Type: Review

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