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Case 2. 17-Day-Old Female Baby with Fever and Decreased Appetite and Activity: Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in Neonates and Children

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  1. St. Mary’s Hospital, Luodong, Yilan, Taiwan

    Yu-Yu Chuang

  2. Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Yhu-Chering Huang

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  1. Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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  2. Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ping-Ing Lee

  3. Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City, Taiwan

    Po-Yen Chen

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Chuang, YY., Huang, YC. (2023). Case 2. 17-Day-Old Female Baby with Fever and Decreased Appetite and Activity: Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in Neonates and Children. In: Huang, YC., Lee, PI., Chen, PY. (eds) Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7276-8_2

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