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- HSV-1 + HSV-2: dsDNA, latency in sensory ganglia
- Recurrence triggers: stress, UV, illness, immunosuppression
- Orolabial (HSV-1 mostly), genital (HSV-2 majority, HSV-1 rising young), neonatal, encephalitis (temporal lobe), keratitis (dendritic), eczema herpeticum, proctitis, esophagitis
- Dx: PCR (lesion / blood / CSF) > serology / Tzanck / culture
- Encephalitis: HSV-1, temporal lobe, MRI/EEG/PCR; acyclovir 10 mg/kg IV q8h à 14-21d
- Neonatal: SEM / CNS / Disseminated; acyclovir 20 mg/kg IV q8h à 14-21d
- Orolabial/Genital: valacyclovir oral (acute or suppression)
- Pregnancy: acyclovir 36 wk gestation for recurrent + Cesarean if active
- Keratitis: trifluridine + oral acyclovir; NO topical steroid
- Resistance (TK mutation): foscarnet / cidofovir / pritelivir (Phase 3)
- Vaccines in development (gB2/gD2, mRNA)