Physicians' Resources

About Physicians’ Resources

This section is an invaluable resource, aimed particularly at physicians and other healthcare professionals.

Visitors will find information on The Herpesviruses; Primary Care Toolkits; Patient Information Leaflets; Presentations from IHMF^Ž Annual Meetings; Abstracts from other IHMF^Ž Meetings; Key Papers; a Congress Centre with an extensive list of forthcoming events and reports from meetings that have taken place; and useful External Links to other herpes-related websites.

Links to Additional Resources are also included in this section: Monographs, Management Guidelines, the Herpes Journal and On-line Learning Zone.

Visitors are welcome to both view and download every file included in this section.

To view some of the files in this section, you will require a version of Adobe Acrobat. This is free to download and is available on the Adobe Acrobat website.

To view the PowerPoint presentations you will require Microsoft PowerPoint. You can download the latest PowerPoint viewer free from the Microsoft website.

The Herpesviruses

Herpesviruses are extremely common and around 100 have been identified in a variety of animal species. To date, eight human herpesviruses have been identified.

More about the herpesviruses

New Patient Information Leaflets

The patient information leaflets on herpes zoster and chickenpox vaccination have been prepared by physicians and reviewed and approved by the IHMF^Ž. The leaflets are in PDF format and can be downloaded and printed off to give to your patients.

View patient information leaflets

Primary Care Toolkits

Prepared by physicians, reviewed and approved by the IHMF^Ž and intended as an easy reference resource for primary care health professionals.

View primary care toolkits

Presentations from IHMF^Ž Annual Meetings

Presentations given at selected IHMF^Ž meetings, together with the objectives of the IHMF^Ž and helpful background scientific information about molecular biology and immunology.

View list of material from IHMF^Ž Annual Meetings, including slide presentations available for download

Abstracts from other IHMF^Ž Meetings

Abstracts of papers, oral and poster presentations from other key IHMF^Ž meetings.

View list of abstracts

Key Paper Bibliography

Reference details and abstracts of articles that have been selected by experts for their relevance to current issues in the field of herpesviruses.

View list of key papers

Congress Centre

In the Congress Centre you can find information about forthcoming events and read reports from meetings (both IHMF^Ž- and local HMF-related) that have taken place.

View Congress Centre

External Links

The websites in our external links section may be of interest to visitors.

View External Links

Additional Resources

Monographs
Acrobat files of 10 IHMF^Ž Management Strategies in Herpes monographs, and more recently, Herpes journal supplements, published between 1996 and 2004, contain recommendations on each of the human herpesviruses.

View Monographs

Management Guidelines
The Management Guidelines are practical and comprehensive summaries of recommendations made in the IHMF^Ž Management Strategies in Herpes series of monographs. Also included are algorithms for the diagnosis and treatment of herpesviruses.

View Management Guidelines

Herpes Journal
Herpes, the Journal of the International Herpes Management Forum (IHMF^Ž) is a review journal published three times a year, and is indexed in Medline, Index Medicus and Excerpta Medica (EMBASE).

View Herpes Journal

On-line learning Zone
The On-line Learning Zone includes keynote lecture presentations and a diagnostic atlas.

View On-line Learning Zone

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Last Updated : 28/07/2005 13:51:48