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Chapter 4 - Herpes Infections and Measles

from Section 2 - Infections in Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2019

By
Rashda Imran
Edited by
Adel Elkady ,
Prabha Sinha  and
Soad Ali Zaki Hassan
Adel Elkady
Affiliation:
Police Force Hospital, Cairo
Prabha Sinha
Affiliation:
Oman Medical College, Oman
Soad Ali Zaki Hassan
Affiliation:
Alexandria University
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Summary

In humans, eight different types of herpes viruses have been reported so far, which belong to three subgroups. These subgroups are based on the site of latency (defined as the persistence of viral genomes in cells that do not produce infectious virus) and most frequently infected cell types.

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Infections in Pregnancy
An Evidence-Based Approach
 , pp. 29 - 41
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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