
(1)
To determine:
Whether the diseases caused by herpes virus is sexually transmitted disease or not and the way in which it affect their young children.
Case summary:
The genital herpes is the virus which slowly spread throughout the skin lesions cause herpes infections. This infection is appeared as numerous small blisters on the genitals, around the rectum or on adjacent areas of skin. The herpes virus appears in the form of cold sores on the lips of Chen family, a week after their vacation rafting down the Colorado River.
(2)
To determine:
The way in which it could affect the young children.
Case summary:
The genital herpes is the virus which slowly spread throughout the skin lesions cause herpes infections. This infection is appeared as numerous small blisters on the genitals, around the rectum or on adjacent areas of skin. The herpes virus appears in the form of cold sores on the lips of Chen family, a week after their vacation rafting down the Colorado River.

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