Why Even Treated Genital Herpes Sores Boost The Risk Of HIV Infection

Sunday, August 2, 2009 - 15:35 in Health & Medicine

New research helps explain why infection with herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which causes genital herpes, increases the risk for HIV infection even after successful treatment heals the genital skin sores and breaks that often result from HSV-2.

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