Society guideline links: Genital herpes simplex virus infection in pregnancy

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International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Guidelines for the treatment of genital herpes simplex virus (2016)

Canada

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Genital herpes guide – Key information and resources (2021)

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on prevention and management of neonatal herpes simplex virus infections (2020)

●Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC): Guidelines for the management of herpes simplex virus in pregnancy (2017)

United States

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement on genital herpes infection – Serologic screening (2023)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Herpes simplex (2021)

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Sexually transmitted infections treatment guidelines – Genital herpes (2021)

●American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG): Practice bulletin for the management of herpes in pregnancy (2020)