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Hass (1935) in 1935 described a fatal case of neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection with hepatoadrenal necrosis and intranuclear inclusion bodies. Neonatal herpes is defined as the diagnosis of HSV infection in an infant within the first 28 days of life.
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Chen, H. (2016). Neonatal Herpes Simplex Infection. In: Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6430-3_173-2
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