Herpes simplex virus

Rebecca W Widener; Richard J Whitley

doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-53488-0.00011-0

Herpes simplex virus

Handb Clin Neurol. 2014:123:251-63. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53488-0.00011-0.

Authors

Rebecca W Widener¹, Richard J Whitley²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. Electronic address: rwhitley@uab.edu.

PMID: 25015489
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53488-0.00011-0

No abstract available

Keywords: In utero HSV disease; SEM disease; acyclovir; aseptic meningitis; disseminated disease; encephalitis; herpes simplex virus; myelitis; polymerase chain reaction; radiculitis.

MeSH terms

Herpes Simplex / diagnosis
Herpes Simplex / epidemiology
Herpes Simplex / therapy
Humans
Simplexvirus / classification
Simplexvirus / pathogenicity*
Simplexvirus / physiology*