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Oral Herpes

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Human herpes simplex virus infection is a common condition caused mainly by HSV-1. This infection is typically acquired in childhood and shows an increase in prevalence with age. Oral herpes can be difficult to diagnose and may create significant psychosocial stress in affected patients. This chapter explores the clinical presentation and therapeutic protocols of oral herpes.

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The São Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP, São Paulo, Brazil, grant number JFS 19/09419-0) and the Coordination of Training of Higher Education Graduate Foundation (CAPES, Brasilia, Brazil, finance code 001).

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  1. Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (FOP/UNICAMP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

    João Figueira Scarini

  2. Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (FCM/UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil

    João Figueira Scarini

  3. Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

    Felipe Paiva Fonseca

  4. Dentistry and Stomatology Division, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Department, Clinical Hospital of Ribeirão Preto, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

    Lara Maria Alencar Ramos Innocentini

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  1. Department of Oral Diagnosis, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

    Alan Roger Santos-Silva

  2. Department of Oral Diagnosis, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil

    Márcio Ajudarte Lopes

  3. Department of Oral Diagnosis, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil

    João Figueira Scarini

  4. Department of Oral Diagnosis, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil

    Pablo Agustin Vargas

  5. Department of Oral Diagnosis, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil

    Oslei Paes de Almeida

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Scarini, J.F., Fonseca, F.P., Innocentini, L.M.A.R. (2023). Oral Herpes. In: Santos-Silva, A.R., Lopes, M.A., Scarini, J.F., Vargas, P.A., Almeida, O.P.d. (eds) Clinical Decision-Making in Oral Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14945-0_12

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