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Herpesviridae infectious disease

MedGen UID:
964673
•Concept ID:
CN281784
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: herpes infection; Herpesviridae caused disease or disorder; Herpesviridae disease or disorder; Herpesviridae infection; Herpesviridae infections; herpesvirus infection; Herpesvirus infection; Herpesvirus infections; infection, Herpesviridae; infection, Herpesvirus; infections, Herpesviridae; infections, Herpesvirus
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005794

Definition

Virus diseases caused by the herpesviridae. [from MONDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnancy: Prevention, Presentation, Management and Neonatal Outcomes.
Pesch MH, Saunders NA, Abdelnabi S
J Midwifery Womens Health 2021 May;66(3):397-402. Epub 2021 May 24 doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13228. PMID: 34031974
Herpes Simplex Virus: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
Cole S
Nurs Clin North Am 2020 Sep;55(3):337-345. Epub 2020 Jul 15 doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2020.05.004. PMID: 32762854
Diagnosis and Treatment of Kaposi Sarcoma.
Schneider JW, Dittmer DP
Am J Clin Dermatol 2017 Aug;18(4):529-539. doi: 10.1007/s40257-017-0270-4. PMID: 28324233Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Neonatal varicella.
Longbottom K, Lyall H
Arch Dis Child 2024 Jul 18;109(8):610-615. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-324820. PMID: 37907245
AIDS-Associated Malignancies.
Vangipuram R, Tyring SK
Cancer Treat Res 2019;177:1-21. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-03502-0_1. PMID: 30523619
Genital Herpes: A Review.
Groves MJ
Am Fam Physician 2016 Jun 1;93(11):928-34. PMID: 27281837
Idiopathic multicentric Castleman's disease: a systematic literature review.
Liu AY, Nabel CS, Finkelman BS, Ruth JR, Kurzrock R, van Rhee F, Krymskaya VP, Kelleher D, Rubenstein AH, Fajgenbaum DC
Lancet Haematol 2016 Apr;3(4):e163-75. Epub 2016 Mar 17 doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(16)00006-5. PMID: 27063975
Genital herpes.
Gupta R, Warren T, Wald A
Lancet 2007 Dec 22;370(9605):2127-37. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61908-4. PMID: 18156035

Diagnosis

Genital Herpes Infection: Progress and Problems.
Van Wagoner N, Qushair F, Johnston C
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2023 Jun;37(2):351-367. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2023.02.011. PMID: 37105647
Genital Herpes Simplex Virus-An Updated Review.
Omarova S, Cannon A, Weiss W, Bruccoleri A, Puccio J
Adv Pediatr 2022 Aug;69(1):149-162. Epub 2022 Jun 21 doi: 10.1016/j.yapd.2022.03.010. PMID: 35985707
Genital Herpes: A Review.
Groves MJ
Am Fam Physician 2016 Jun 1;93(11):928-34. PMID: 27281837
Idiopathic multicentric Castleman's disease: a systematic literature review.
Liu AY, Nabel CS, Finkelman BS, Ruth JR, Kurzrock R, van Rhee F, Krymskaya VP, Kelleher D, Rubenstein AH, Fajgenbaum DC
Lancet Haematol 2016 Apr;3(4):e163-75. Epub 2016 Mar 17 doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(16)00006-5. PMID: 27063975
Genital herpes.
Gupta R, Warren T, Wald A
Lancet 2007 Dec 22;370(9605):2127-37. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61908-4. PMID: 18156035

Therapy

Neonatal varicella.
Longbottom K, Lyall H
Arch Dis Child 2024 Jul 18;109(8):610-615. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-324820. PMID: 37907245
What's New: Updates on Cytomegalovirus in Solid Organ Transplantation.
Stewart AG, Kotton CN
Transplantation 2024 Apr 1;108(4):884-897. Epub 2023 Oct 30 doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004855. PMID: 37899366
Current vaccine approaches and emerging strategies against herpes simplex virus (HSV).
Wijesinghe VN, Farouk IA, Zabidi NZ, Puniyamurti A, Choo WS, Lal SK
Expert Rev Vaccines 2021 Sep;20(9):1077-1096. Epub 2021 Aug 9 doi: 10.1080/14760584.2021.1960162. PMID: 34296960
Genital Herpes: A Review.
Groves MJ
Am Fam Physician 2016 Jun 1;93(11):928-34. PMID: 27281837
Genital herpes.
Gupta R, Warren T, Wald A
Lancet 2007 Dec 22;370(9605):2127-37. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61908-4. PMID: 18156035

Prognosis

Posttransplant cyclophosphamide is associated with increased cytomegalovirus infection: a CIBMTR analysis.
Goldsmith SR, Abid MB, Auletta JJ, Bashey A, Beitinjaneh A, Castillo P, Chemaly RF, Chen M, Ciurea S, Dandoy CE, Díaz MÁ, Fuchs E, Ganguly S, Kanakry CG, Kanakry JA, Kim S, Komanduri KV, Krem MM, Lazarus HM, Liu H, Ljungman P, Masiarz R, Mulroney C, Nathan S, Nishihori T, Page KM, Perales MA, Taplitz R, Romee R, Riches M
Blood 2021 Jun 10;137(23):3291-3305. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020009362. PMID: 33657221Free PMC Article
Herpes simplex virus: global infection prevalence and incidence estimates, 2016.
James C, Harfouche M, Welton NJ, Turner KM, Abu-Raddad LJ, Gottlieb SL, Looker KJ
Bull World Health Organ 2020 May 1;98(5):315-329. Epub 2020 Mar 25 doi: 10.2471/BLT.19.237149. PMID: 32514197Free PMC Article
AIDS-Associated Malignancies.
Vangipuram R, Tyring SK
Cancer Treat Res 2019;177:1-21. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-03502-0_1. PMID: 30523619
Congenital Cytomegalovirus infection: advances and challenges in diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
Marsico C, Kimberlin DW
Ital J Pediatr 2017 Apr 17;43(1):38. doi: 10.1186/s13052-017-0358-8. PMID: 28416012Free PMC Article
Diagnosis and Treatment of Kaposi Sarcoma.
Schneider JW, Dittmer DP
Am J Clin Dermatol 2017 Aug;18(4):529-539. doi: 10.1007/s40257-017-0270-4. PMID: 28324233Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Herpesviruses reactivation following COVID-19 vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Shafiee A, Amini MJ, Arabzadeh Bahri R, Jafarabady K, Salehi SA, Hajishah H, Mozhgani SH
Eur J Med Res 2023 Aug 10;28(1):278. doi: 10.1186/s40001-023-01238-9. PMID: 37559096Free PMC Article
40 Years after the Registration of Acyclovir: Do We Need New Anti-Herpetic Drugs?
Majewska A, Mlynarczyk-Bonikowska B
Int J Mol Sci 2022 Mar 22;23(7) doi: 10.3390/ijms23073431. PMID: 35408788Free PMC Article
Pathogenesis and virulence of herpes simplex virus.
Zhu S, Viejo-Borbolla A
Virulence 2021 Dec;12(1):2670-2702. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2021.1982373. PMID: 34676800Free PMC Article
Idiopathic multicentric Castleman's disease: a systematic literature review.
Liu AY, Nabel CS, Finkelman BS, Ruth JR, Kurzrock R, van Rhee F, Krymskaya VP, Kelleher D, Rubenstein AH, Fajgenbaum DC
Lancet Haematol 2016 Apr;3(4):e163-75. Epub 2016 Mar 17 doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(16)00006-5. PMID: 27063975
Herpes simplex.
Chayavichitsilp P, Buckwalter JV, Krakowski AC, Friedlander SF
Pediatr Rev 2009 Apr;30(4):119-29; quiz 130. doi: 10.1542/pir.30-4-119. PMID: 19339385

Recent systematic reviews

Herpesviruses reactivation following COVID-19 vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Shafiee A, Amini MJ, Arabzadeh Bahri R, Jafarabady K, Salehi SA, Hajishah H, Mozhgani SH
Eur J Med Res 2023 Aug 10;28(1):278. doi: 10.1186/s40001-023-01238-9. PMID: 37559096Free PMC Article
Herpes simplex virus: global infection prevalence and incidence estimates, 2016.
James C, Harfouche M, Welton NJ, Turner KM, Abu-Raddad LJ, Gottlieb SL, Looker KJ
Bull World Health Organ 2020 May 1;98(5):315-329. Epub 2020 Mar 25 doi: 10.2471/BLT.19.237149. PMID: 32514197Free PMC Article
Herpes Virus, Oral Clinical Signs and QoL: Systematic Review of Recent Data.
Crimi S, Fiorillo L, Bianchi A, D'Amico C, Amoroso G, Gorassini F, Mastroieni R, Marino S, Scoglio C, Catalano F, Campagna P, Bocchieri S, De Stefano R, Fiorillo MT, Cicciù M
Viruses 2019 May 21;11(5) doi: 10.3390/v11050463. PMID: 31117264Free PMC Article
Idiopathic multicentric Castleman's disease: a systematic literature review.
Liu AY, Nabel CS, Finkelman BS, Ruth JR, Kurzrock R, van Rhee F, Krymskaya VP, Kelleher D, Rubenstein AH, Fajgenbaum DC
Lancet Haematol 2016 Apr;3(4):e163-75. Epub 2016 Mar 17 doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(16)00006-5. PMID: 27063975
Severe cytomegalovirus infection in apparently immunocompetent patients: a systematic review.
Rafailidis PI, Mourtzoukou EG, Varbobitis IC, Falagas ME
Virol J 2008 Mar 27;5:47. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-5-47. PMID: 18371229Free PMC Article

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