Abstract:Introduction: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is an essential and most frequent vertically transmitted infection from mother to fetus through the placenta. Neonatal Herpes simplex virus (HSV) enters a child by physical contact with its mother’s potentially infected vaginal secretions. There are many case reports where the newborn is infected with either CMV or HSV, but only one case of a 67-year-old Chinese male with the coinfection of CMV and herpes simplex virus type II (HSV-II) 11 was found. We report a rare case of … Show more
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