| Incidence of neonatal herpes simplex virus infections in a managed-care population. | |
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PMID: 17413535 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of possible neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections, HSV infection status of women with infected infants, and use of measures to reduce risk of HSV transmission to the neonate in a large US managed-care population. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of administrative claims from the Integrated Health Care Information Services National Managed Care Benchmark database. RESULTS: Of 233,487 infants born to 252,474 mothers from January 1997 to June 2002, the numbers assigned an ICD-9 code reflecting possible neonatal HSV infection </=30 and </=90 days of birth were 178 (0.08%) and 338 (0.15%), respectively. Of the 338 mothers delivering infants with possible neonatal HSV </=90 days postnatally, 12% had a prior HSV diagnosis, 5% were prescribed an antiviral medication during the study period, and 3% used antiviral medication and had a cesarean delivery. CONCLUSION: These results support national surveillance of neonatal HSV to better define its incidence, strengthen health policies, and improve prevention and treatment. |
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Richard Whitley; Elizabeth Anne Davis; Nittaya Suppapanya |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
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Title: Sexually transmitted diseases Volume: 34 ISSN: 0148-5717 ISO Abbreviation: Sex Transm Dis Publication Date: 2007 Sep |
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Created Date: 2007-08-28 Completed Date: 2007-10-10 Revised Date: 2008-11-21 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7705941 Medline TA: Sex Transm Dis Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 704-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Pediatrics, Microbiology, Medicine and Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. rwhitley@peds.uab.edu |
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statistics & numerical data Female Herpes Simplex / epidemiology*, etiology, prevention & control*, transmission Humans Incidence Infant, Newborn Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / statistics & numerical data* Male Managed Care Programs Medical Records Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology*, etiology, prevention & control* Prenatal Care Retrospective Studies United States / epidemiology |
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