Antiviral therapy in herpes virus infections
| dc.contributor.author | Maartens, Gary | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-07T08:01:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-07-07T08:01:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2015-12-24T09:01:20Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Herpes viruses are large, enveloped DNA viruses. There are currently 8 known human herpes viruses and 1 primate species that is a rare human pathogen. Most people have been infected with several human herpes viruses. In immunocompetent individuals primary infections with herpes viruses are generally mild, self-limiting infections. After primary infection, herpes viruses remain latent in either sensory nerve ganglia or immune cells. Latency may persist indefinitely unless immune suppression develops, in which case recurrent disease can become life threatening. In the immunocompetent patient, clinical recurrences that are milder than the primary infection are the hallmark of herpes virus infections. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Maartens, G. (2003). Antiviral therapy in herpes virus infections. <i>South African Journal for Continuing Medical Education</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20243 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Maartens, Gary "Antiviral therapy in herpes virus infections." <i>South African Journal for Continuing Medical Education</i> (2003) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20243 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Maartens, G. (2003). Antiviral therapy in herpesvirus infections. Continuing Medical Education, 21(6). | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Maartens, Gary AB - Herpes viruses are large, enveloped DNA viruses. There are currently 8 known human herpes viruses and 1 primate species that is a rare human pathogen. Most people have been infected with several human herpes viruses. In immunocompetent individuals primary infections with herpes viruses are generally mild, self-limiting infections. After primary infection, herpes viruses remain latent in either sensory nerve ganglia or immune cells. Latency may persist indefinitely unless immune suppression develops, in which case recurrent disease can become life threatening. In the immunocompetent patient, clinical recurrences that are milder than the primary infection are the hallmark of herpes virus infections. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal for Continuing Medical Education KW - antiviral therapy KW - herpes-virus infections LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - Antiviral therapy in herpes virus infections TI - Antiviral therapy in herpes virus infections UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20243 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20243 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Maartens G. Antiviral therapy in herpes virus infections. South African Journal for Continuing Medical Education. 2003; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20243. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Health and Medical Publishing Group | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Medicine | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.source | South African Journal for Continuing Medical Education | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.cmej.org.za/index.php/cmej | |
| dc.subject | antiviral therapy | |
| dc.subject | herpes-virus infections | |
| dc.title | Antiviral therapy in herpes virus infections | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |