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UW-Led International Study Finds Herpes Medication Does Not Reduce Risk Of HIV
Transmission
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Medical News Today on 21 January, 2010 10:00:00
 
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...