Herpes simplex Virus Infection in Pregnancy: Diagnosis and Significance
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Intervirology
- Vol. 41 (4-5) , 185-190
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000024934
Abstract
Herpes simplex viruses (HSV) cause genital infections, and HSV infection during pregnancy can result in infection of the neonate. Here HSV structure and replication,viral pathogenesis, human immune responses to HSV, the epidemiology, details of HSV diagnosis with emphasis on typing, clinical features and antiviral treatment are reviewed. The importance of appropriate diagnostic procedures in relation to correct risk assessment of neonatal infection is emphasized.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 — A Persistent ProblemNew England Journal of Medicine, 1997
- The Acquisition of Herpes Simplex Virus during PregnancyNew England Journal of Medicine, 1997
- Frequent detection of genital herpes simplex virus DNA by polymerase chain reaction among pregnant womenPublished by American Medical Association (AMA) ,1994