Treatment for herpes in patients co-infected with herpes and HIV could delay HIV disease progression
Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 18:35
in Health & Medicine
Most people who are infected with HIV-1 are dually infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV2). New research shows that aciclovir, used to treat HSV2, could delay HIV-1 disease progression in patients co-infected with both conditions. The findings are published in an Article Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet--written by Dr Jairam Lingappa, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, and colleagues both across Africa and globally.