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Reporting neonatal herpes.(POLICY & PRACTICE)

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| October 01, 2005 | Schneider, Mary Ellen | COPYRIGHT 2005 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

A group of experts in obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics is calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to request reporting of cases of neonatal herpes from all states and U.S. territories. The call to action, which was published in the September issue of the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, notes that a lack of reliable epidemiological data may be partly responsible for the continued development of neonatal herpes cases. While diseases such as congenital syphilis are ...

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