Welcome

Welcome to the information page for Germany. Here you can find details about the German Herpes Management Forum (GHMF).

The GHMF was founded in December 2001. It comprises specialists in virology, epidemiology, infectious diseases, dermatology and venereology, gynecology and obstetrics, ophthalmology and neurology. The GHMF is affiliated with the Paul-Ehrlich-Gesellschaft in Frankfurt/Main.

Aims and objectives

• To raise awareness among specialists and primary care physicians on herpesvirus infections and associated issues in Germany

• To improve knowledge, diagnosis, management and counselling of herpesvirus infections (HSV-1, HSV-2, VZV, CMV, EBV, HHV-6, -7 and-8) in Germany

The GHMF Board

Clinical Microbiology
Professor Johannes Bogner, Munich

Dermatovenereology
Professor Gerd Gross, Rostock
Professor Sawko Wassilew, Krefeld

Epidemiology
Professor Albert Neiss, Munich

Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Dr. Volker Küppers, Düsseldorf
Dr Udo Hoyme, Erfurt

Neurology
Professor Jean-Pierre Malin, Bochum
Professor Ralf Baron, Kiel

Ophthalmology
Professor Rainer Sundmacher, Düsseldorf

Virology
Professor Hans-Wilhelm Doerr, Frankfurt/ Main
Professor Gerhard Jahn, Tübingen
Professor Peter Wutzler, Jena-Erfurt

Current activities and future projects

The next GHMF-Conference will be held during the 8th Congress on Infections Diseases and Tropical Medicine (9–11 June 2005) in Hamburg.
A separate GHMF meeting is planned in October 2005 in Frankfurt/Main and during the annual congress of the Paul-Ehrlich-Gesellschaft in September 2006 in Bonn-Bad Godesberg.

Study projects

Guidelines for the management of HSV-1 and HSV-2 infections

Cellular immunity of patients suffering from symptomatic and asymptomatic herpesvirus infections

Studies on prevention of postherpetic pain

Publications

• Buxbaum S, Geers M, Gross G, Schöfer H, Rabenau HF, Doerr HW. Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 in Germany: what has changed? Med Microbiol Immunol 2003;192:177–181.

• Gross G, Schöfer H, Wassilew S, Friese K, Timm A, Guthoff R et al. Herpes zoster guideline of the German Dermatology Society (DDG). J Clin Virol 2003; 26: 277–289.

• Gross G. Herpes-simplex-Virusinfektionen. Der Hautarzt 2004; 55:818–830.

Publication in preparation

Gross G, Doerr HW. Zoster and zoster pain. Karger, Basel (Switzerland)