title: [Swiss recommendations for the management of gential herpers and herpes simplex virus infection of the neonate].
abstract: Genital herpes is being recognised as a medical problem of increasing importance. Diagnosis and management are complex. The present recommendations have been established by a multidisciplinary panel of specialists and endorsed by all Swiss medical societies involved in the medical care of such patients. The aim is to improve the care of affected patients, to reduce horizontal and vertical transmission and to diminish the psychosocial burden.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Microbiologie, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. pascal.meylan@chuv.ch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meylan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006558:Herpes Genitalis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000635:transmission*; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D013557:Switzerland