Genital herpes infections

dc.authorscopusid35612683100
dc.contributor.authorDuran, Nizami
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-19T15:48:30Z
dc.date.available2024-09-19T15:48:30Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractGenital infections caused by herpes simplex viruses (HSV), are the most frequently seen sexually transmitted diseases (STD), in both developed and developing countries like our country. These infections take part of the third important place among STD after from the chlamydial cervicitis and genital wards, and are of the major public health problem, recently. Genital herpes infections produced mainly (90%) by HSV type 2, and rarely (10%) by HSV type 1. The infections may have seen in two clinical forms, called primary and recurrent infections. The data have indicated that, the incidence of genital herpes increased approximately 20 folds in the world during the last two decades. The main factor attributed to the spread of HSV infections includes asymptomatic virus shedding. Genital herpes is associated with significant morbidity and complications such as neonatal herpes, results from the transmission of HSV from mother to fetus. In this review article, the clinical characteristics, epidemiology, diagnostic methods, prevention and therapy choises of HSV genital infections, have been discussed under the light of recent literature.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage213en_US
dc.identifier.issn0374-9096
dc.identifier.issue2.Maren_US
dc.identifier.pmid14593904en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0141425561en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage205en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/15109
dc.identifier.volume37en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.relation.ispartofMikrobiyoloji Bultenien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectGenital herpesen_US
dc.subjectGenital infectionen_US
dc.subjectHerpes simplex virusesen_US
dc.titleGenital herpes infectionsen_US
dc.title.alternativeGeni?tal herpes enfeksi?yonlarien_US
dc.typeReview Articleen_US

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