Pediatr. praxi. 2013;14(1):8-12

Herpetic infections and their manifestations in children

doc.RNDr.Vanda Boštíková, Ph.D.¹, MUDr.Miloslav Salavec, CSc.², MUDr.Jan Smetana, Ph.D.¹, prof.MUDr.Roman Chlíbek, Ph.D.¹, Mgr.Lenka Kaislerová¹, MUDr.Petr Prášil, Ph.D.³, Mgr.Radek Sleha⁴, prof.MUDr.Pavel Boštík, Ph.D.¹

¹ Katedra epidemiologie, Fakulta vojenského zdravotnictví, Univerzita obrany, Hradec Králové

² Klinika a katedra nemocí kožních a pohlavních FN a LF UK, Hradec Králové

³ Klinika a katedra infekčních nemocí FN a LF UK, Hradec Králové

⁴ Katedra biologie a biochemie, Fakulta chemických technologií, Univerzita Pardubice, Pardubice

Eight known human herpes viruses are known to this date – herpes simplex virus 1, herpes simplex virus 2, varicella zoster virus, cytomegalovirus,

Epstein-Barr virus, HHV-6 (in two variants HHV-6A and HHV-6B), HHV-7 and HHV-8. These viruses are spread worldwide

and humans represent their sole reservoir and host. Herpetic viruses cause a wide spectrum of diseases and, after primary infection,

persist in the the organism for the entire life. Primary infections are acquired typically during childhood. Infections by these viruses are

often asymptomatic in healthy individuals. On the other hand viral infection could be fatal for infected infants or immunosuppressed

patients. Even originally healthy people could develop serious complications during herpetic infections as we known.

Keywords: herpes viral infections, herpes simplex virus, varicella zoster virus, Epstein-Barr virus, HHV-6A, HHV-6B, HHV-7, HHV-8

Published: February 15, 2013  Show citation