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Genital Herpes Has Played a More Important Role than Any Other Sexually Transmitted Infection in Driving HIV Prevalence in Africa

BACKGROUND: Extensive evidence from observational studies suggests a role for genital herpes in the HIV epidemic. A number of herpes vaccines are under development and several trials of the efficacy of HSV-2 treatment with acyclovir in reducing HIV acquisition, transmission, and disease progression...

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Autores principales: Abu-Raddad, Laith J., Magaret, Amalia S., Celum, Connie, Wald, Anna, Longini, Ira M., Self, Steven G., Corey, Lawrence
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2377333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18493617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002230