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UW-Led International Study Finds Herpes Medication Does Not Reduce Risk Of HIV Transmission

21 January, 2010 11:00:00 Medical News Today
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A five-year international multi-center clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective treatment taken twice daily to suppress herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which is the most common cause of genital herpes, does not reduce the risk of HIV transmission when taken by people infected with both HIV and HSV-2...

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