Open AccessRecrudescent herpes labialis mimicking primary herpes labialis in pregnancy
Author(s) -
Shaveta Sood,
Aneet Mahendra,
Sanjeev Gupta,
Shalu Chandna,
Sarabjit Kaur
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4297/najms.2010.2499
Subject(s) - herpes labialis , medicine , pregnancy , herpes simplex virus , hsl and hsv , obstetrics , vaginal delivery , dermatology , immunology , virus , virology , biology , genetics
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is prevalent worldwide. Herpes labialis is caused predominantly by HSV-1, and herpes vulvo-vaginitis is caused predominantly by HSV-2. HSV-2 may result in significant morbidity and mortality for infected neonates exposed during delivery. Due to this fact, a large amount of literature exists for HSV-2 but data for HSV -1 is scanty.