Covering the basic virology relevant to the understanding of disease
manifestations, this reference analyzes
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 conditions