Acyclovir and transmission of HIV-1 from persons infected with HIV-1 and HSV-2.

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Published in N Engl J Med on January 20, 2010

Authors

C Celum1, A Wald, J R Lingappa, A S Magaret, R S Wang, N Mugo, A Mujugira, J M Baeten, J I Mullins, J P Hughes, E A Bukusi, C R Cohen, E Katabira, A Ronald, J Kiarie, C Farquhar, G J Stewart, J Makhema, M Essex, E Were, K H Fife, G de Bruyn, G E Gray, J A McIntyre, R Manongi, S Kapiga, D Coetzee, S Allen, M Inambao, K Kayitenkore, E Karita, W Kanweka, S Delany, H Rees, B Vwalika, W Stevens, M S Campbell, K K Thomas, R W Coombs, R Morrow, W L H Whittington, M J McElrath, L Barnes, R Ridzon, L Corey, Partners in Prevention HSV/HIV Transmission Study Team

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Ave., Box 359927, Seattle, WA 98104, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) Suppression to Prevent HIV Transmission | NCT00194519

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