HSV-infected newborn

June 19, 2014

HSV-INFECTED newborns are four times more likely to be born to under 20 year old mothers according to new research. “Neonatal HSV infection is usually acquired during delivery following maternal genital HSV infection, but can also be acquired post-natally from an infected contact,” says the study’s lead author, University of Sydney Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Dr Cheryl Jones. The study, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, confirmed international research showing that HSV-1 has replaced HSV-2 as the leading cause of neonatal HSV disease - CLICK HERE to read more.

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