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Clinical Epidemiology of Symptomatic Primary Herpetic Infection in Children
Author(s) -
TAIEB A.,
BODY S.,
ASTAR I.,
PASQUIER P.,
MALEVILLE J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1987.tb10428.x
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , herpes labialis , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , dermatology , atopic dermatitis , transmission (telecommunications) , viral disease , herpes simplex virus , virus , immunology , physics , electrical engineering , optics , engineering
. We have studied a series of 50 children with clinical primary herpetic infection during 1975–1985. Our data confirm: absence of sex differences and seasonal variations, a peak age of incidence between 6 and 24 months, a prevalence of patients of lower social status, evidence of recurrent herpes labialis as the most frequent source of infection, and frequency of herpes simplex virus 1 gingivostomatitis. The relevant findings of this study were as follows: 1) herpes simplex virus 2 was isolated in 10% of the patients, 2) 6% of cases occurred in the first six months of life, 3) infection was multifocal in 36% of cases, 4) autoinoculation was a frequent route of transmission of genital primary infection in young children, 5) herpetic Kaposi‐Juliusberg's pustulosis in infants with atopic dermatitis was the most severe presentation of primary infection and should be more adequately prevented.