Scientific Publications
- PMID: 20089951
- Title: Acyclovir and transmission of HIV 1 from persons infected with HIV 1 and HSV 2
- Abstract: Most persons who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) are also infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), which is frequently reactivated and is associated with increased plasma and genital levels of HIV-1. Therapy to suppress HSV-2 reduces the frequency of reactivation of HSV-2 as well as HIV-1 levels, suggesting that suppression of HSV-2 may reduce the risk of transmission of HIV-1.
- Date: 1970-08-21
- Year: 2010
- Journal: N. Engl. J. Med.
- PMID Author: Celum C, Wald A, Lingappa JR, Magaret AS, Wang RS, Mugo N, Mujugira A, Baeten JM, Mullins JI, Hughes JP, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Katabira E, Ronald A, Kiarie J, Farquhar C, Stewart GJ, Makhema J, Essex M, Were E, Fife KH, de Bruyn G, Gray GE, McIntyre JA, Manongi R, Kapiga S, Coetzee D, Allen S, Inambao M, Kayitenkore K, Karita E, Kanweka W, Delany S, Rees H, Vwalika B, Stevens W, Campbell MS, Thomas KK, Coombs RW, Morrow R, Whittington WL, McElrath MJ, Barnes L, Ridzon R, Corey L
- PMC Link #: PMC2838503
Acyclovir and transmission of HIV 1 from persons infected with HIV 1 and HSV 2
Acyclovir and transmission of HIV-1 from persons infected with HIV-1 and HSV-2. N. Engl. J. Med. 2010;362(5):427-39 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0904849
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