Update on antiviral therapy for genital herpes infection.

Update on antiviral therapy for genital herpes infection.

Geers T A; Isada C M

Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine

2000

2000-08

For the primary infection of genital herpes, antiviral therapy with acyclovir is the gold standard. For recurrences, there are two options: antiviral treatment of each outbreak as it arises, or suppression of outbreaks with daily oral therapy. Patients tend to prefer the latter because it can decrease the number and severity of outbreaks, but it increases asymptomatic viral shedding and, therefore, the risk of unwittingly transmitting herpes simplex virus to uninfected sexual partners.

Female; Humans; Male; Infant; Pregnancy; Recurrence; 2-Aminopurine/analogs & derivatives/therapeutic use; Acyclovir/analogs & derivatives/therapeutic use; Antiviral Agents/*therapeutic use; Famciclovir; Valacyclovir; Valine/analogs & derivatives/therapeutic use; Pregnancy Complications; Herpes Genitalis/diagnosis/*drug therapy; Herpes Simplex/transmission; Virus Shedding; Newborn; Infectious Disease Transmission; Infectious/drug therapy; Vertical

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