Herpes Simplex Viruses studies the epidemiology, identification, pathogenesis, and clinical features of diseases associated with herpes simplex viruses including herpes labialis, ocular herpes, herpes genitalis, cutaneous herpes, meningitis, encephalitis, and neonatal herpes.

Features:

• The evolution of HSV
• Recent clinical trials utilizing new and emerging pharmaceuticals, as well as new treatments for HSV
• Prognoses and management schemes for different disease manifestations of HSV
• Well-known diseases such as gingivostomatitis and recurrent labial infection, HSV infections of the skin, acute and recurrent genital infection, and ocular infection
• Diseases recently associated with HSV such as paresis of the facial nerve
• Herpes simplex virus infections in immunocompromised patients and pregnant women, including studies of congenital and neonatal infection
• The most up-to-date research on the prevention of HSV infection and disease, as well as future challenges in the development of a vaccine for these condition

Contents

• Understanding and Diagnosing HSV
• Evolution of Herpes Simplex Viruses
• Immune Evasion and HSV Vaccine
• Natural Course of Herpes Simplex Virus Infection and Epidemiology
• Pathogenesis
• Diagnostics
• Disease Manifestations of HSV and Treatment
• Antiviral Treatment
• Primary Gingivostomatitis and Recurrent Oral Infection
• Herpes Virus Infections of the Skin
• Acute and Recurrent Genital Herpes Virus Infection
• Herpes Simplex Virus Infections of the Eye
• Herpes Simplex Encephalitis
• Herpes Simplex Meningo/Radiculo/Myelitis
• Facial Paresis
• Herpes Simplex Virus Infections of the Immunosuppressed Patient
• Neonatal and Congenital Herpes Simplex Infection
• Future Therapeutics

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