National surveillance for neonatal herpes simplex virus infections
Stone KM;Brooks CA;Guinan ME;Alexander ER;;
Sexually Transmitted Diseases1970Vol. 16pp. -
332
km1970sexuallynational
Abstract
To explore the magnitude and descriptive epidemiology of neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) conducted an 18-month hospital-based surveillance study in which 184 cases were reported. Only 22% of mothers had a history of genital HSV infection and only …