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The Neonatal Herpes Simplex virus can be transmitted to newborns before, or during birth, and hand transmission of the mothers lessons to the newborn. Babies can be born with lessons or develop them 1-2 weeks after birth.

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Symptoms of neonatal herpes simplex include inflammation or ulcers of the oral cavity, blisters, fever, herpetic keratitis (herpes around the eyes), trouble breathing, appearing blue, bleeding easily, jaundice, and irritability.

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Newborns that carry the disease on the skin, eyes or mouth have a mortality rate of 30%, but infants that have the disease affecting the central nervous system have a mortality rate of 50-80%.

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Prevention of neonatal herpes simplex is done by the standard procedure of screening pregnant women for the herpes virus in early pregnancy. Pregnant women who carry the disease are monitored closely in the last stages of pregnancy for signs of an outbreak. Antibiotics can be prescribed in the third trimester of pregnancy to prevent an outbreak. Vaginal delivery of the baby is possible if the mother is clear of any genital blistering, if not the baby will be delivered by cesarean section. 

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A diagnosis of the disease is received by blood testing, testing of a blister, or a swab culture from the nose, throat or rectum. 

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Infants born with herpes simplex can be treated with intravenous antiviral medication over the course of several weeks. The most common antiviral medications are ganciclovir and valganciclovir. 

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1 in every 3,500 newborns in the United States are born with neonatal herpes. 

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Human Alphaherpesvirus 1 can be known as Neonatal Herpes simplex. This is a disease that is transmitted to infants/newborns from the mother, who has the virus.

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The disease is incurable and life-long, but it can be managed throughout life with suppressive medications. 

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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is currently launching a research study to improve what we know and more effective preventions for Alphaherpesvirus Type 1. 