congenital herpes simplex virus infection
Findings
No curated finding names congenital herpes simplex virus infection yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Congenital herpes virus infection is a group of anomalies that an infant may present as a result of maternal infection and subsequent fetal infection with herpes virus. This virus causes recurrent cutaneous infections in adults, often involving the lips or the genitalia. Herpes infections in other organs, such as the liver or central nervous system, are less frequent.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0017381), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
4 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Intrauterine growth retardationHPOHP:0001511
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Premature birthHPOHP:0001622
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- HydranencephalyHPOHP:0002324
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- MicrocephalyHPOHP:0000252
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
5 names
Resolves to: congenital herpes simplex virus infection
- Also called
- antenatal herpes simplex virus infectioncongenital herpes simplexmother-to-child transmission of herpes simplex virus infectionSimplexvirus caused infectious embryofetopathySimplexvirus infectious embryofetopathy