Herpes Simplex Virus Infection: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

HSV, herpes, Herpesvirus hominis, human herpesvirus, herpesvirus type 1, herpesvirus type 2, HSV-1, HSV-2, herpes catarrhalis, herpes facialis, herpes febrilis, herpes labialis, orolabial herpetic infection, Simplex virus, Simplexvirus, neonatal HSV infection, SEM HSV disease, herpetic whitlow, herpes gladiatorum, meningitis, encephalitis, erythema multiform, EM, acuteherpetic pharyngotonsillitis, acute herpetic gingivostomatitis, genital herpes, Mollaret meningitis, keratoconjunctivitis, sexually transmitted disease, STD, genital HSV infections, neonatal HSV infection, orofacial infections, HSV encephalitis, disseminated HSV, odynophagia, orolabial vesicles, painful inguinal lymphadenopathy, aseptic meningitis syndrome, recurrent genital HSV, recurrent genital infections, transverse myelitis, HSV pneumonitis, HSV esophagitis, acute retinal necrosis, erythema multiforme, HSV keratoconjunctivitis, microphthalmos, retinal dysplasia, quadriplegia, microcephaly, recurrent HSV vesicular lesions, orolabial HSV infections, HSV pharyngotonsillitis, recurrent orolabial herpetic infection, HSV CNS disease, HSV-induced aseptic meningitis, HSV hepatitis, blepharitis, follicular conjunctivitis, uveitis, retinitis, punctate retinal lesions, congenital HSV infection

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Sherman Alter, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine; Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Director, Continuing Medical Education, Children's Medical Center of Dayton
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