Herpes medication does not reduce risk of HIV transmission, study finds
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 10:28
in Health & Medicine
A five-year international multi-center clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective treatment to suppress herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), 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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