RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Managing genital herpes infections in pregnancy
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 217
OP 224
VO 74
IS 3
A1 Gardella, Carolyn
A1 Brown, Zane A.
YR 2007
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/74/3/217.abstract
AB Genital herpes is common and is becoming more so, with a seroprevalence of 25% in middle class primary care settings. Primary genital herpes in pregnancy most often is subclinical, but it also can cause severe illness. Further, active genital herpes at the time of vaginal delivery poses significant risk of neonatal infection, especially if the mother acquired the infection in the third trimester. It is important to prevent genital herpes acquisition in pregnancy and to diagnose recurrent genital herpes to prevent neonatal herpes.